Meet Ijeoma Ugwah, the woman who defrauded her victim N4m to secure him a job in Jonathan’s administration (photo)

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- Ijeoma Ugwah was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

- Ugwah allegedly received N4 million from a man with a promise to help him secure job in the administration of Goodluck Jonathan

- She was remanded by the court in Kano state

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Ijeoma Ugwah, a woman alleged to have defrauded her victim of N4 million before honourable Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano state High Court.

Ugwah was arraigned on a count charge of obtaining by false pretense after she was alleged to have received the sum of N4 million from the complainant under the pretext that she would secure him a job in the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

An EFCC statement obtained by NAIJ.com reports the complainant as saying he was introduced to the accused person by one Engineer Johnson and she told him to pay the N4 million if he wanted a job.

The complainant said he paid the sum as he was instructed to by the accused person.

EFCC arraigns woman who defrauded victim of N4m claiming to have job in Jonathan’s government

The alleged fraudster. Credit: EFCC

"After he paid the money, the accused person told him that he would receive a call from Reuben Abati, the senior special assistant on media and publicity to former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

"Since then, the complainant neither heared from the accused nor Rueben Abati which prompted him to petitioned the commission," the statement said.

The charge read: "You Ijeoma Ugwah on the 8th November, 2013 within the jurisdiction of this honorable court with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N4,000,000 (Four Million Naira Only) through the zenith Bank account of Conskemy Associates Nigeria Limited with account number 1011029215 from one Umar Ahmed under the false pretense that the money was required for an employment you will secure for him which pretense you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section (1)(1)(a) of the Advance fee fraud and other fraud related offence act, 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same act."

The statement said after listening to the charge, the accused person pleaded not guilty and the prosecution counsel, Salihu Sani, requested the court for a trial date in view of the plea of the accused person.

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The counsel for the accused person, moved bail application on behalf of the accused, but the prosecution counsel informed the court that he was just served with charge and needed time to respond.

Justice Aboki adjourned the matter to January 25th, 2018 for hearing of bail application and ordered that the accused person be remanded in EFCC custody.

NAIJ.com earlier reported how the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission recently probed the former acting director- general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Muhammed Dauda.

It was learnt that $44 million cash kept in NIA’s vaults in Abuja was removed to an unknown destination, two months after Ambassador Ayodele Oke was sacked as head of the agency.

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