Akala, also known as General, and others were arraigned before Justice Hadiza Rabiu-Shagari of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on charges bordering on conspiracy, fraud and obtaining under false pretenxt, by men of Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID), Alagbo-Ikoyi, Lagos. Standing trial alongside Akala are: Saidi Oke, Bashir Mohammed and Umar Ali. Also charged with the accused persons are two firms: Grantland Investment Nigeria Limited and Abroad Development Foundation. At the resumed trial, the victim, while being led in evidence-in-chief by Imam Usman, the prosecutor, said after the arrest of the accused, Mohammed, the third defendant, informed the team of investigators set up Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Intelligence FCIID, Abuja, that the nickname of Akala, the first accused was ‘General’, and that he was not part of their gang. Further investigation by the DCP revealed that Akala was actually the one called ‘General’ by his political associates. The victim added that immediately Akala realised that his identity had revealed as ‘General’, he quickly shut his social media handles and pleaded with him to settle the case amicably. Akala had reportedly pleaded with the victim to convince the DC Investigation to release him from detention, so that he could return the money in two weeks. He was also said to have offered the victim two landed properties in lieu of the money, but the victim’s lawyer said nexus could not be established between Akala and the two properties, hence the rejection of such deal. Earlier, the victim had told the court how Akala and other accused persons had threatened to kill him if did not drop the case. Ugochukwu alleged that he was tricked to transfer N350 million to get $1 million in exchange, but only to be given $20,900 through First City Monument Bank (FCMB). When the accused persons failed to balance him as promised, he reported the matter at Area J Police Command, before it was taken over by the IGP Monitoring Team, Abuja.]]>
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