Judge Orders Remand Of Alleged Producers, Sellers Of Fake Dollars

Justice Kehinde Ogundare of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, ordered the remand of three persons in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) pending when they would be arraigned for allegedly producing and selling fake dollars.

Justice Ogundare took the decision, sequel to the absence of Benjamin Opara’s counsel.

In the charge marked FHC/L/79C/2024, the 1st to 3rd defendants are Benjamin Opara, Iliyasu Garba and Joseph Ude.

When the case was called, the lawyer for the commission, Temitope Banjo, told Justice Ogundare of the five-count charge slammed against the defendants.

Banjo urged the court to read the charge to the defendants so that they could take their plea.

But Abdulmalik Ibrahim, the counsel for the second defendant, Garba, hinted to the court that the 1st defendant’s counsel was not in court, which meant that the arraignment could not go on.

The lawyer prayed to the court to allow the defendants to continue on the administrative bail earlier granted to them by the EFCC.

However, in his ruling, Justice Ogundare held that since the defendants’ arraignment was stalled by the defence, they should be remanded in the EFCC’s custody pending arraignment.

Justice Ogundare adjourned until March 6, 2024, for arraignment.

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