N9.4bn Fraud: 2 Lebanese Lose Bid To Quash Charge, Extradition Order

However, the lawyer of the defendants, Mesuabari Josiah, approached the court with two applications to quash the charge and to upturn the order made by the court.

The lawyer also filed a notice of appeal against the extradition order and a motion for a stay of the order. Ayodele, in response to the defendants’ applications, argued that the court could only grant the defendants’ reliefs after they’ve submitted themselves to the court’s jurisdiction and took their plea on the charges against them.

Ruling on the applications, Justice Osiagor held that the “fugitive defendants, who refuse to submit themselves to court, have no right of the audience”.The police had accused the defendants of defrauding Ecobank Plc of N9, 441, 824, 102. 14 billion.They were also accused, with others now at large, of having disappeared into thin air after defrauding the bank of the said sum on the pretence of using the money to import goods into Nigeria.

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