EFCC recovers N107m for victim of N167.5m Lagos property fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered N107 cardinal for a unfortunate who allegedly mislaid N167.575 cardinal successful a disputed spot transaction successful Lagos.

A connection issued by the bureau said the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the EFCC, Ikoyi, handed implicit slope drafts worthy N107 cardinal to the unfortunate done his counsel, Babatunde Oni, SAN.

The betterment followed a petition submitted to the committee by the petitioner done his ineligible representative, Babatunde Oni SAN & Co.

The petition alleged obtaining wealth by mendacious pretence, conspiracy and extortion involving immoderate individuals identified arsenic Adeola Ibrahim, Bolanle Bamgbose and others.

According to the petitioner, helium became funny successful purchasing a parcel of onshore astatine Iya Oloye Crescent, disconnected Ikorodu Road, Lagos State, sometime successful October 2024.

The spot was offered to him for N150 cardinal aft it was introduced by Olalekan Kazeem and different idiosyncratic identified arsenic Alfa.

The petitioner aboriginal engaged Bolanle Bamgbose & Associates to behaviour owed diligence and grip the transaction. The instrumentality steadfast was represented by Ibrahim and its principal, Bamgbose, who dealt with the purpo...