A Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has remanded two officials of CHAMS Plc and two fake members of the National Youth Service Corps in prison custody for allegedly defrauding Osun State of the sum of N2,472,825,000.
The charge sheet revealed that the accused persons: Wale Oyeniyi; Lawrence Akinwale; Samson Oladiran and Zacheaus Akinlabi, conspired and committed the offence at CHAMS Plc office, Ministry of Finance, Accountant General’s Office Osogbo.
They were were also accused of forging posting letters of five corps member doctors and identity cards to defraud the state government.
The charge against the accused read, ” That you Oyeniyi Kazeem Wale male; Lawrence Akiwale male; Kolade Oladiran Samson male; Akinlabi Zacheaus and three others now at large sometime in the year 2014 at CHAMS Plc office, Ministry of Finance, Accountant General’s office Osogbo in Osogbo Magestaerial Distrcit did conspire together to defraud the Osun State Government of the sum of tow million, four hundred and seventy two thousand, eight hindered and twenty five thousand naira and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 422 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol II Law of Osun State of Nigeria 2003.
” That you Oyeniyi Kazeem Wale male; Lawrence Akiwale male; Kolade Oladiran Samson male; Akinlabi Zacheaus and three others now at large sometime in the year 2014 at CHAMS Plc office, Ministry of Finance, Accountant General’s office Osogbo in Osogbo Magestaerial Distrcit did forge five doctor corpers letter of posting and identity cards with intent to defraud Osun State Government and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 467 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 vol. II Law of Osun State of Nigeria, 2003.”
The accused persons, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mr. Olusola Aluko ruled that the defence counsel, Olamiposi E. who held the brief for Mr. Seye Oluyombo should file a formal application for the bail of the accused persons and he ordered that they should be remanded in Ilesa Prison.
He adjourned the case to October 28.