By our Special Reporter
Monday 10th July, 2017
More details on how, one Mrs. Sharon
Stella Ifeoma Orji allegedly connived with a Medical Doctor, Odeh Michael
Owoicho and defrauded Choco Condiments Nig. Ltd (a Company belonging to her
husband, Mr. Maduabuchi) of the sum of N94million,
have emerged.
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| Ibrahim Idris1 IGP |
According to Police report, Mr. Orji
got married to Stella in 2008 and the couple are blessed with three children.
Orji is said to have made the wife and two of his children directors of his
company and the wife is on salary of N4.5million
per annum. The report has it that sometimes in July 2015, Orji started noticing
strange behaviours from his wife regarding the family business and life, more
especially her relationship with the said Doctor Owoicho whom she previously
introduced to him as a family doctor while he was away to Imo State for two
years attending to matters of the Imo Branch of the Company.
Further findings by the Police show
that while Mr. Orji was away to Imo State, his wife, who was in charge of the
Jos Branch of the Company took advantage of her husband’s absence to raise a
forged Board Resolution and used same to opened a separate bank account in
First Bank in the name of the Company and the sole signatory of that account
and made series of lodgement and withdrawals at will without the consent of her
husband, a development that led to the collapse of the Jos Branch of the
Company and subsequent retrenchment of workers.
The report further shows that on 14th
April, 2016, Mrs. Stella Orji withdrew the sum of N29million from the First Bank account but she told the Police that
she was defrauded of same by fraudsters. However, she did not report either to
the Police or her husband. Investigation by the Police however, traced the N29million to her Ecobank account where it
is alleged to have been deposited by Dr. Owoicho.
She is also alleged to have made
transfer of the sum of N5million to Dr.
Owoicho and confessed to have bought a N9million
plot of land in FCT Abuja without the consent of her husband. On the N5million transfer, she agreed to have
transferred the amount to Dr. Owoicho in tranches of N2million for opening of Choco Condiments Nig. Ltd staff file in
his hospital (Elroi Mission Hospital Jos) and N3million
for him to run an errand for her in Abuja.
She further stated that all her
personal businesses were carried out without the knowledge of her husband
because according to her, the money
involved in her personal businesses does not belong to him but proceeds from
her business of buying and selling Gold Jewelleries’ and foreign currencies. It
is however said that she could not remember the names, phone number or
addresses of any of her customers. She was also said to be unable to make
comment regarding the N12million land
agreement she entered into with one Alhaji Abdulazeez which she made part
payment of N6million to him for a plot
of land behind St. Murumba College, Jos with Dr. Owoicho as witness; the N26.1million that she withdrew from Zenith
Bank Plc on 6th May, 2016; the N40million
she deposited into the account of Elroi Mission Hospital belonging to Dr.
Owoicho; and another N5million to one
Favour Okoli Adaora on 6th May, 2016.
It is further alleged that the plot of
land purchased behind St. Murumba College Jos was for Dr. Owoicho to build his hospital.
Recall that Mrs Stella Orji and Dr.
Odeh Michael Owoicha are standing trial before Justice Daniel Longji of High
Court 8, Jos on 9 count charge bordering on
criminal breach of trust, concealment of stolen property, criminal conspiracy,
criminal misappropriation, theft and forgery
MORE DETAILS TO COME SOON..
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