Court remands businessman for alleged N218m ‘property scam’
An Mpape Magistrates’ Court in Abuja has remanded a businessman, Mike Wasiu Adamu, in police custody following his alleged involvement in a N218m property scam.
The “Warrant of commitment of prison of remand” directed the “official in charge of prisons at the Police Intelligence Response Team ”, Abuja, to keep Adamu in its custody until Monday, April 1, 2019.Mike, the son of Amos Adamu, former Director-General of the Nigerian National Sports Commission and ex-FIFA 24-man executive committee, was arrested following petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the IGP.
One of the tenants said the property comprised of a Shopping Plaza at Plot 109 Adetokunbo Ademola, Wuse II, Abuja. It was titled ‘Petition against one Mike Adamu and Reform Sports West Africa Ltd for Issuance of dud cheques and criminal breach of trust’.
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