The commission said Oluwayomi forged a document claiming that he bagged a Higher National Diploma (HND) from the Lagos State Polytechnic, and that he participated in the one year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for degree holders.
The duo were found to have made millions of naira engaging in a series of fraudulent activities, using the proceeds to purchase a multi-million naira building, two cars – Honda Accord Crosstour and a Mercedes Benz GLK, different brands of mobile phones and other landed properties worth millions of naira.
Having pleaded not-guilty to the counts, EFCC’s counsel, Festus Ojo, prayed the court for a trial date and an order to remand the siblings in correctional custody, but their counsel, (Femi Meyile), prayed the court to admit them to bail. Justice Abubakar granted the bail in the sum of five million naira with one surety each in like sum.
The sureties were also ordered to deposit their international passports with the Chief Registrar of the court. Having adjourned the matter to March 9 for trial, the Judge ordered that the accused persons be remanded in the correctional custody pending the perfection of their bail conditions.
