Tony Rapu is in serious pains as one Olawunmi Dilureni is said to have defrauded him of a whopping N23,320,000 (Twenty Three Million, Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira).
Be that as it may, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday March 6th, 2018 arraigned Olawunmi Dilureni before Lagos State High Court, Ikeja for obtaining the N23,320,000 by false pretence and stealing.
Meanwhile, Olawunmi alongside Lola Aremu Anjorin, Tunde Jamiu, Olawunmi Oluremi Osobu and Home Concepts Limited allegedly conspired to defraud Tony Rapu, Nellie St. Matthew-Daniel and Eyitope St. Matthew-Daniel of the money.
Olawunmi was charged on an eight-count charge and one of the count reads: “That you, Olawumi Dilureni, on or about the 16th day of April, 2013 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court, obtained the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira only) from one Dr. Anthony Rapu under the pretence that the money is for investment in diesel supply business with a monthly interest rate of 6.5%, which pretext you knew to be false and committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, No. 14 of 2016″.
Another count reads: “That you, Olawunmi Dilureni, on or about 17th April, 2013, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court, dishonestly converted for your own use the sum of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) only property of Tony Rapu and committed an offence contrary to Sections 278 and 285(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State No. 11, 2011”.
However, Olawunmi pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to her. Following her plea, the prosecution counsel, Fadeke Giwa, requested the court for a trial date, urging the court to remand Olawunmi in prison custody.
Nevertheless, Justice Solebo had adjourned the case to March 14, 2018 for hearing of the application for bail and ordered Olawunmi to be remanded in prison custody pending the hearing of her bail application.