One David Osigbe Irumekhe was arraigned on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a-three count amended charge of criminal conspiracy and obtaining N 21,900,000.00 (Twenty One Million Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) by false pretence.
The defendant fraudulently collected the money under the guise of executing a purported contract awarded to Sky Source Global Concept by three NGOs: Terres Des Hummes, Medicin Du Monde and Danish Refugee Council.
Count one reads: “That you, David Osigbe Irumekhe, whilst being the Chief Executive Officer of Sky Source Global Concepts, sometimes between October and December 2020 at Maiduguri within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud did obtained N 21, 900,000.00 (twenty one Million Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) from Annie Adam under the false pretence of executing a purported contract awarded to Sky Source Global Concept by Terres Des Hummes, Medicin Du Monde and Danish Refugee Council all NGOs which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) 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
Justice Kumaliya adjourned to September 14, 2021 for commencement of trial and ordered the remand of the defendant in the Correctional.
