By Our Special Reporter
Tuesday, 11th
July, 2017
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| Ibrahim Idris1 IGP |
Recall that the Commissioner of Police Plateau State
Command is prosecuting a 35 year old Mrs. Stella Sharon Ifeoma Orji and a 40
year old Medical Doctor, Odeh Michael Owoicho in High Court 8, Jos on a 9 count
charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, concealment of stolen property,
criminal conspiracy, criminal misappropriation , theft and forgery.
The matter is said to have been reported to the
Commissioner of Police through a letter of complaint by one Maduabuchi Orji,
husband to Stella and the Managing Director of Choco Condiments Nig. Ltd No. 9
Mission Road Old Bukuru Park Jos on 2nd April, 2016 alleging that
his wife who is a Director of his company and was in charged of Jos Branch
connived with one, Dr. Owoicho ( whom he also alleged has been having illicit
relationship with his wife) and embezzled the sum of N94million from the Jos branch Company which ultimately led to its
collapse prompting the relieved of all the staff working in the branch.
Upon receipt of the complaint, it is said that the
Police commenced investigation in earnest and invited the suspects and all
those that were involved and were all said to have volunteered statements under
word of caution in English Language.
The Police were said to have visited the Company
site and further investigation activities of the Police was extended to First
Bank, Zenith Bank, FCMB, Diamond Bank and Ecobank respectively.
Summary of the Police report shows that Stella (the
1st suspect) in connivance with Dr. Owoicho (2nd suspect)
withdrew huge sum of money belonging to Choco Condiments Nig. Ltd for their
personal uses.
In her
statement, Mrs. Stella Orji said her husband asked her not to do any work but
that of his Company; that is why he was paying her N450,000.00 per month. She denied having any personal relationship
with Dr. Owoicho, not to talk of having any illicit affairs with him. She
agreed to have transferred N5million to
Dr. Owoicho in tranches of N2million
but said it was meant 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.
Mrs. Stella further agreed to have withdrawn the sum
of N29million from First Bank account
of the Company she opened in her name and is the only signatory to it; but said
that she was defrauded of the same amount by fraudsters who promised to
purchase a house for her in Port Harcourt but disappeared with the money. She
also agreed to have bought a house in Abuja without the consent of her husband
adding that all her personal businesses were done without the husband’s consent
because the money does not belong to him but proceeds from her business of
buying and selling of Gold Jewelleries’ and foreign currencies.
On his part, Dr. Owoicho (the 2nd
suspect) said that since Mrs. Stella introduced him to the family in 2014, he
has collected only the sum of N3million
from her to run an errand in Abuja where he gave one Tunde N2million and another N1million
to one Mr. Friday. He also agreed to have collected the sum of N2million from Mrs. Stella what was paid
into his First Bank account on October 12, 2015 for opening of hospital file in
hospital but had to pay back due to the closure of the Company. Dr. Owoicho
added that he never had any business transaction with Mrs. Stella to the tune
of more than N1million beside the one
mentioned above and added that he has not in any way had any sexual relationship
with her. On the N6million he signed as
witness to Mrs. Stella being part payment for the purchase of plot of land
behind St. Murumba College, Jos on 21st March 2016, Dr. Owoicho said
that it was Stella that asked him to look for a lawyer to prepare a sale
agreement for him to buy a land which he did and signed as her witness but
didn’t know what the land was for neither did he know whether her husband was
aware of the transaction or not.
It is said that when Dr. Owoicho was further asked
to explain the deposit of N40million by
Mrs. Stella into his Ecobank account Elroi Mission Hospital, on 6th
May, 2016, he said he was traumatized and could not talk further. He is also
reported to have declined to lead detectives to Abuja where he gave N3million to one Tunde and Friday and also
refused to sign that the N6million for
the botched transaction with one Alh. Abdulazeez (for the purchase of plot of
land behind St. Murumba College, Jos) has been returned to the Police as
exhibit pending the conclusion of investigation.
Ruddy Nanpon Rindam is another party and a Lawyer
with a Chamber at Nana Country Home Hotel, Tudun Wada GRA Jos. He stated that
he never knew the 1st suspect, but it was the 2nd suspect
that introduced him to her to prepare a sales agreement for a land at behind
St. Murumba College Jos owned by one Alh. Abdulazeez which she intended to buy
at N12million. With the first payment
of N6million on 21st March,
2016 and second payment due for 13th May, 2016. That after the
agreement which he prepared, both parties signed, with Sani Abdulazeez for the
seller and the 2nd suspect for the buyer. Since then he never heard
from them until when he was invited by the Police to volunteer statement.
Alh. Abdulazeez O. Yusuf is 64 years old, resident at
AM 2A Nasarawa Gwong. He said that he got to know the 2nd suspect
through one Pastor Gabriel and that the 2nd suspect wanted to buy
the land to build a hospital. That himself, Pastor Gabriel, Rev. John and the 2nd
suspect negotiated the prize of the land at N12million
adding that when the part payment was to be made, he told the 2nd
suspect to come along with a lawyer which the 2nd suspect said is
not necessary, but as he insisted, the 2nd suspect invited Barr.
Ruddy Nanpon Rindam to prepare the sales agreement and on it the name of the 1st
suspect was written of which he objected, but was told that the 1st
suspect was the financier. After then, N6million
was paid into his account by the 1st suspect on 21st
March, 2016 and they signed the agreement with the 1st suspect,
while the 2nd suspect signed for the 1st suspect as her
witness. Sani Abdulazeez also signed as his witness. However, before the
conclusion of the transaction, the 1st suspect uploads gravels and
sand on the site which prompted the mechanics renting the plot to report the
case at Laranto Police Station where Alh Abdullazees was detained. After his
release on bail, he instructed his Lawyers to inform the 1st suspect
that the time limit they agreed on for completion of payment has elapsed as
such he was no longer selling the plot to them but rather they should come and
collect their N6million. But before
they do so he received an invitation from the SCIID Jos on the same matter.
Mary Ogboka is 28 years old and a Cashier with
El-Roi Mission Hospital Jos who is
responsible for money deposit into the Hospital’s accounts in Ecobank and
Diamond Bank who said that occasionally, the 1st suspect use to call
her to her shop at Old Bukuru Park where she sales spirits and other drinks to
collect money and deposit for her in her personal accounts i.e. from 3rd
March to 4th April, 2016 she has collected from the shop and
deposited N2,152,000 (two million one
hundred and fifty two thousand naira) into Ecobank account operated by the 1st
suspect. She said that she knew the 1st suspect does not do any
other work besides selling of drinks.
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