The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC says it has arraigned one Paulinus Ani before the Federal High Court in Independence Layout, Enugu State.
The EFCC said this this Monday on X, explaining that Ani is facing a one-count charge of obtaining N8,130,000 (Eight Million, One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira), by false pretense.
EFCC accused Ani of defrauding one Ifeanyi Odoziobodo in 2016 of the said amount by pretending to sell to him seven (7) plots of land.
Ani however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court granted Ani bail with conditions, including a sum of N10 million and two sureties of the same amount, both required to be residents of Enugu State.
Ani was remanded at the Enugu Correctional Facility pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions and the trial was adjourned to January 23, 2025.