On Thursday, an Ikeja Special Offences Court revoked Blessing Adanu’s bail and proclaimed her wanted for allegedly scamming her client of N47 million.
Adanu has been charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with two charges of acquiring money by false pretence and theft.
When she was arraigned on December 19, 2019, the defendant pled not guilty to the accusation.
Following the defendant’s absence from court, Justice Mojisola Dada revoked her bail.
Dada ordered her arrest for the next day and directed the EFCC to proclaim the defendant wanted.
The judge postponed the case until December 2 for the approval of the final written address.
Mr. Samuel Daji, counsel for the EFCC, informed the court that the matter, which was scheduled for adoption of final written address, could not proceed due to the defendant’s absence.
Daji filed a motion asking the court to revoke the defendant’s bail.
The prosecutor contended that this was not the first time the defendant had failed to appear in court and that the defendant had clearly skipped bail.
Mr Olarenwaju Ajanaku, the defence attorney, did not object to the prosecution’s application and expressed astonishment at the defendant’s absence.
The EFCC accused the defendant of defrauding one Mrs Favour Nnamani by dealing under the name and style of Emerald Multipurpose Cooperative Society.
The alleged offences, according to the EFCC, violated Sections 1(1) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006, as well as Section 278 of the Criminal Law of Lagos 2011.
