The trial of one Bolarinwa Abiodun, a self-professed Army General before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos was, on April 29, 2022, stalled due to the absence of the defence counsel, Kayode Lawal.
Bolarinwa is being prosecuted on a 13-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, forgery of documents and possession of documents containing false pretence to the tune of alleged N266, 500,000 fraud.
The Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC, had, on April 11, 2022, arraigned the defendant on offences contrary to Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act 2006, Section 363 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and Section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act No 14 of 2006, respectively.
