Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, November 25, 2019, remanded speculated web fraudster, Ismaila Mustapha.
The presume who’s broadly known as Mompha, was remanded in jail care, in the wake of being summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 14 counts on extortion, tax evasion and maintaining an outside trade business without the authorization of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The counter join organization, in its charges, has it that Mompha secured one Ismalob Global Investment Limited and held in its ledger a total of N32.9 billion somewhere in the range of 2015 and 2018.
Mompha was likewise blamed for arranging remote trade exchanges of different totals with different people, when he was not an approved merchant delegated by the CBN.
At the point when the charges were perused to him, Mompha argued ‘not liable.’
While appealing to God for a date for beginning of preliminary, the indictment asked Justice Liman to arrange that the respondent be remanded in jail guardianship.
The protection counsel, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN), said he was not contradicted to the application for preliminary date, however said he had just recorded a bail application for his customer and had additionally served same on the arraignment.
The arraignment affirmed that it had been presented with the bail application however said it expected time to peruse and react to it.
Equity Liman dismissed till Friday, November 29, to take contentions on the bail application and for preliminary to begin.