A student of the University of Port Harcourt has been remanded for impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence following his arraignment by the EFCC.
25-year-old Sunday Noble, was remanded on the orders of Justice E. A Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, after he was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal office on a four-count charges of internet fraud.
Defense counsel F. E Enigwe had moved an application for the bail of Noble which was opposed by the prosecution, E.G Omeje.
Justice Obile ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre pending determination of bail application while the matter was adjourned till April 6, 2020.
One of the counts reads: “That you Sunday Deele Noble on or about the 13th day of February 2019 within the Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did fraudulently obtained an iPhone 7 worth $319.84 USD with shipping cost of $14.69 USD through FedEx Shippers from Julie Fink and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(2) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”.
The defendant pleaded “Not guilty” to the charges.
