The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned
Michael Akpan before Justice Kudirat Jose of a Lagos State High Court
sitting in Ikeja on a one-count charge bordering on stealing, contrary
to section 185 (1) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011.
Akpan was arrested following a petition by one Kim Son, a Vietnamese businessman, that the suspect defrauded him of the sum of $7, 920 after failing to ship a consignment of cow horns he allegedly ordered and paid for.
Part of the statement sent to LEADERSHIP by the spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said: “Akpan admitted collecting the money but did not fulfil the contractual obligations to the Vietnamese nor make any refund of the money paid to him. Besides, after collecting payments for the cow horns, he reportedly stopped communicating with the complainant.”
The charge read: “Michael Akpan and Cheal Howamic Nigeria Ltd, sometime in September 2013 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this court with intent to defraud, fraudulently converted to your own use the sum of $ 7, 920.00 property of Vu Kim Son of Kimson Import Department”
When the charge was read to him, he pleaded not guilty .
Akpan was arrested following a petition by one Kim Son, a Vietnamese businessman, that the suspect defrauded him of the sum of $7, 920 after failing to ship a consignment of cow horns he allegedly ordered and paid for.
Part of the statement sent to LEADERSHIP by the spokesperson of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said: “Akpan admitted collecting the money but did not fulfil the contractual obligations to the Vietnamese nor make any refund of the money paid to him. Besides, after collecting payments for the cow horns, he reportedly stopped communicating with the complainant.”
The charge read: “Michael Akpan and Cheal Howamic Nigeria Ltd, sometime in September 2013 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this court with intent to defraud, fraudulently converted to your own use the sum of $ 7, 920.00 property of Vu Kim Son of Kimson Import Department”
When the charge was read to him, he pleaded not guilty .
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