Lagos AG asks court to close EFCC's 'N1.35bn fraud' case against two suspects

Lawal Pedro, attorney-general of Lagos, has asked the Ikeja special offences court to discontinue the trial of two defendants, Azubuike Ishiekwene and Olalekan Abdul, standing trial over N1.35 billion fraud allegations.

Ishiekwene and Abdul were first arraigned on January 29, 2020, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission . In the charge marked ID/11126C/19, the defendants were alleged to have conspired with one Adeyinka Adewole and one Morakinyo Bolanle, who are at large, to obtain N350 million and N1 billion from Wema Bank under false pretences.The EFCC alleged that the defendants forged a document dated April 9, 2018, titled: ‘Board Resolutions of Cleanserve Integrated Energy Solutions Ltd’, purported to have been issued by Cleanserve Integrated Energy Solutions Limited.

The defendants filed no-case submissions dated August 11 and August 15, 2023, praying to the court to dismiss the charges, discharge and acquit them.

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