The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC summoned Leeroy Egebe, (nom de plume Amedeo Dante William, Alhassan Davide) before Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court, sitting in Warri, Delta State on a 8-tally charge verging on connivance and getting cash from a Swiss lady by falsification to the tune of $18,023.96 (Eighteen Thousand, Twenty-Three Hundred Dollars, Ninety-Six Cent.
Egebe's inconveniences started when one Vivian Varotto-Guigoz, a national of Switzerland, appealed to the EFCC charging that she met one Amedeo William Dante (the litigant) who asserted to be an Italian living in the United Kingdom on a social dating site called "Badoo".
They moved toward becoming darlings, trading feelings and later money. She asserted that on a few events, between 12 May and 14 October 2015, she wired an aggregate entirety of CHF 196,701,44 and EUR 15, 957.43 to various people in the United Kingdom, Canada and Nigeria at the demand of Dante, for sundry reasons which she later found to be deceitful.
The installments were professedly made in five portions: two into British records having a place with Amedeo William Dante and Dittimi Tamara-Finide while three were made into Nigerian records having a place with Alhassan Davide and Edin Obaro.
The solicitor likewise affirmed that the litigant was contacting her through some English, Canadian and Nigerian phone numbers. The respondent argued not blameworthy to the charges when they were perused to him. In perspective of his requests, the indictment direct, M. T. Iko requested that the court settle a date for the beginning of trial. Be that as it may, direction to the litigant, K. D Alufe, made an oral application for safeguard for his customer.
He contended that the claimed offenses were bailable and that the litigant did not bounce a before regulatory safeguard by the arraignment.
In his decision, Justice Obile allowed the litigant safeguard in the whole of N3, 000,000.00 (Three Million Naira), one surety in like entirety. The surety must be an open hireling in the administration of Federal or Delta state government on review level 12 or more.
The respondent and the surety must oust to an oath of means among different conditions. The issue was dismissed to 10 May 2018 for trial, while the respondent was remanded in jail authority pending the flawlessness of his safeguard conditions.
