Kwara Hotel Ex-Boss, Gobir, Collapses In Court During Alleged Fraud Trial

Date: 2018-11-07

A businessman and former boss of Kwara Hotels, Mohammed Gobir, has been reported to have collapsed at the hearing of his trial on Monday.

Gobir, an indigene of Kwara State, and his company, Mondial Defence Systems Limited, are facing a five-count charge of stealing and forgery, slammed against them by the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He was, however, to appear for trial before Justice Josephine Oyefeso of an Ikeja High Court on Monday.

At resumed proceedings on Monday, his counsel, Mr. F.I.T Aliyu, informed that his client was in court in the morning for his trial over allegation of defrauding the Kwara State government of N277 million in 2013 but collapsed later.

"My Lord, the defendant complained of stomach upset in court, as he was trying to attend to it, he collapsed outside the court and he was taken to the hospital. In this circumstance, we shall be asking for an adjournment."

Justice Oyefeso wished that he recovered speedily and adjourned till January 8, 2019.

It would be recalled that Gobir, and his company Mondial Defence Systems Ltd., are facing a five-count charge of stealing and forgery, slammed against them by the EFCC.

According EFCC prosecutor, the offences were committed between November 2012 and January 2014 in Ikeja.

"In November 2012, the defendants dishonestly converted to their use the N92.3 million, property of the Kwara State government.

"Sometime in 2013, the defendants dishonestly converted N184 million, also belonging to the Kwara State government.

"The monies were collected under the guise of supplying three units of APCs to the Kwara State government but the APCs were never supplied."

"The defendants forged three documents, the first on October 10, 2013, titled "Letter of Award of Contract with reference number – S/GS/157/7/123.

"The second was on Dec. 28, 2013 a letter titled Letter of Award of Contract with reference number S/GS/157/VII/535.

"The third was on Jan. 17, 2014 titled Letter of Intent with reference number: S/GS/157/T/15.

"The three letters were purportedly from the Office of the Secretary to the Kwara State Government, in relation to the bogus contracts."

The alleged offences contravenes Sections 285 (9)(b) and 363 (2) (b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Old Oyo     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Yusuf Lawal     Hakeem Idris     Democracy Day     Ilorin.Info     Okin Malt     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Kamaldeen Gambari     Clara Nwachukwu     Danladi     Sobi Hill     Saliu Oluwole     Isin     MMWG     Ajibola Ademola Julius     George Innih     Segun Ogunsola     Kwara Poly     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Kola Olota     KWSIEC     Shuaibu Yaman     Toyin Falola     Mutawali     Risikat Lawal     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Isapa     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Ilorin West     Shuaib Olarongbe     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Bukola Saraki     Sunday Otokiti     Kwara TV     Tunji Arosanyin     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Omotosho     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ajeigbe     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Shola Odetundun     Rafiu Olasile     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Valsolar Consultoria     Olatunji Ayeni     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Gbenga Adebayo     Saka Keji     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     CELF     Lai Mohammed     Alfa Yahaya Road     Bankole Omisore     AGILE Programme     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Gani Saadu     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Yahaya Muhammad     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Ahmed Alhasssan     Yakub Lai Gobir     Amos Sayo     Christopher Odetunde     Orisa Bridge     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Okin High School     Moshood Mustapha     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Lafiagi     Clement Yomi Adeboye     ER-KANG     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Dankaka     Olabode George Towoju    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shuaib Abdulkadir     Bilikis Oladimeji     Kazeem Adekanye     ASMAU PLAZA     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Saad Omo\'ya     CKNG     Saka Adeyemo     Local Government Pension Board     Radio SBS     Mashood Dauda     Muritala Olarewaju     Aliyu Salihu     Lucky Omoluwa     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Cornelius Adebayo     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Tsaragi/Share     TESCOM 2025     CBT     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Roheemat Hammed     Sanusi Abubakar     Saliu Alamoyo     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     NSCIA     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Bolaji Nagode     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Jalala     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Bilikisu Gambari     Sunday Otokiti     Bolaji Abdullahi     Mohammed Abdulahi     Lola Olabayo     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     ITEM 7     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Chief Of Staff     Oniye     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Funmi Salau     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Kwara 2015     Kumbi Titiloye     Aiyedun     Owo Arugbo     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Bayo Onimago     TESCOM     Amina El-Imam     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Kwara Liberation Group     Saliu Tunde Bello     Sabi     Shururat Olatinwo     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     KWACOBPA     FERMA     Saraki     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Olusegun Adeniyi     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Mufutau Olatinwo     Danladi     Yakub Ali-Agan     Boko Haram     Mahee Abdulkadir     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan