Sandra Chiefe
Moderator
Iheanyi Iroegbu has been arraigned before the Yaba Magistrate Court for allegedly defrauding a petroleum company, Dappa Marine Services of N30million. The incident occurred in March, 2008 when the accused allegedly obtained 1,337,157 metric tonnes from the company and loaded them onto a vessel marked, ‘MT PROGRSS”.
The product was to be sold and the proceeds given to Dappa Marine Services. The defendant then issues a dud cheque from the then Oceanic Bank valued at N30million. From January 2008 to December 2012, Iroegbu is said to have issued dud cheques on different occasions worth N15million.
The defendant was charged with receiving goods under false pretence, stealing and fraud. He pleaded not guilty to the counts against him
