The defendant allegedly provided false information to the EFCC about a company where he was an employee.
A whistleblower, Umoh Edem, on Tuesday appeared at an Ikeja High Court for allegedly giving false information about a company for a N700 million pension and tax evasion fraud.Counsel of the EFCC, S.O. Daji, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on August 7 in Lagos.
Mr Daji said that the defendant provided false information to the EFCC about the involvement of a company, Starsonic/Sacvin Group of Nigeria, where he was an employee. “The defendant, claimed that the management staff of the company was involved in a massive pension fraud, tax evasion and other fraudulent activities in the tune of N700 million,” he said.
He said that the defendant with an intent to embarrass the company gave information he knew was false to the EFCC and Patience Kalu, a public officer.The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.The vacation judge, Hakeem Oshodi, ordered that the defendant be defendant be remanded in a correctional facility.
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