AKIN KUPONYI/ Court correspondenrt
Special Fraud Unit, (SFU),of Nigeria Police Force,Ikoyi south west Ngeria,has arraigned  a lady  and three men before  a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for alleged to have swindled a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police Felix Uyanna.  the sum of 1.8 million, through e-mail scam.‬

The four accused persons, who were arraigned before Justice Muhammed Yunusa  were arraigned on a three count criminal-charge bordering of cybercrime.‬

‪The SFU Prosecutor CSP Effiong Asuquo  alleged in a charge dated October 2, 2015, and marked FHC/L/402c/2015, filed before the court  stated that between the month of April and May, 2015, the accused persons hacked into the e-mail account of one Adebayo Orefuwa, and used the name to fraudulently obtain the sum of N1.8 million from the retired Assistant Inspector General of Police.‬
The offences alleged to have been committed by the accused persons are  contrary to and punishable under sections 27(1)(b): 22(2)(a),(b)(i)(ii)(iii) and 14(2) of the cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention etc)Act 2015, and punishable under section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same law.‬

The four accused persons pleaded not guilty to  all the charges.‬

Upon the accused persons plea of not guilty  the prosecutor, CSP Asuquo, urged the court to order their remand in prisons custody pending their trial.‬

The lawyer to the accused persons, Mr. Ben Ebechina, in opposition to the prosecutor’s remand application, urged the court to admit them to bail in the most liberal term, alternatively, he urged the to remand the accused persons in SFU’s custody.‬

However, the presiding judge, Justice Yunusa Mohammed, while adjourning the case till 19th October,2015, ordered that the accused persons be remanded in prisons custody, pending the time their bail applications will be heard.