Alleged N27m Fraud: Developer Uche Okoli, Firm Face 17-Count Charge

An Estate Developer, Mr Uche Okoli and his firm, MultiShelter Nigeria Limited, have been dragged to court over an allegation of N27million fraud by the federal government. 

The duo are to be arraigned before Justice Peter Kekemeke of the High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory on December 4, 2023.

Okoli was said to have collected money illegally from one of the subscribers to the estate at various times. 

In charge number CR/721/2023, dated September 15 and filed on October 10, 2023, the respondents were accused of collecting N27m from one Kelechi Anuebunwa, at various times under the pretence of selling to her a terrace apartment House Number 25, Silver spoon Court located at Plot 713, Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja, which property was presented to her as that of the Defendants which pretense they knew was false having earlier alienated their title to the said property and they thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1) of the Advance Fee and Other Fraud Related Offences Ac 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act

In the charge, he was said to have forged the title documents relating to the property and presented it as genuine to defraud the subscriber. 

Parts of the 17-count charge bread, “That you Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and the managing director of Multi shelter Nigeria Limited and you Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited on or about the 22nd day of May 2018 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of Five Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira (5,100,000) from one Kelechi C Kingsley Anuebunwa under ihe pretence of selling to her a terrace apartment House Number 25, Silver spoon Court located at Plot 713, Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja which property you presented to her as your own which pretense you knew was false having earlier alienated your title to the said property and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1) of the Advance Fee and Other Fraud Related Offences Ac 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act. 

That you, Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and the Monaging Director of Multi shelfer Nigeria Limited and you MultiShelter Nigeria Limited on or about the 20th day of September 2018 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of One Million Naira (N1,000,000} from one Kelechi C. Kingsley Anuebunwa under the pretence of selling to him a terrace apartment House Number 25, Silver Spoon Court located at >of 13 Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja which Property you prresented to her as your own which pretense you KNEW was false having earlier alienated your title to the said property and you thereby conmitted an offence contrary to Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act. 

That you Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of Multi shelter Nigeria Limited and you Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited on or about the 3rd day of July 2018 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of One Million Naira (N1,000,000) from one Kelechi C Kingsley Anuebunwa under the pretence of selling to her a terrace apartment House Number 25, Silver Sooon Court located at Plot 713, Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja -which property you represented to her as your own which pretense you knew was false having earlier alienated your title to the said property and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) of the Advance Fee ond Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act. 

That you, Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and th Managing Director of Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited and you, MultiShelter Nigeria Limited sometime in 2018 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, forged an agreement dated 17th May 2012 purportedly signed by Mr Kingsley Anuegbunwa as the purchaser of Plot 23 in an estate called Silver Sooon Co located at Plot 713, Cadastral Zone B14 Dutse District, Abuja and Mul? Shelter limited as the Developer of the said property and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 363 of the Penal Code Act and punishable under section 364 of the same Act. 

That you Uche Okoli being the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited and you, Multi Shelter Nigeria Limited sometime in 2018 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, used as genuine a document titled agreement dated 17! May 2012 purportedly signed by Mr Kingsley Anuegbunwa as the purchaser of Plot 23 in an eg called Silver Sooon Court located at Plot 713, Cadastrat lone rid Dutse District, Abuja and Multi shelter limited‘as the Developer Of the said property and thereby committed an offence Contrary to section 356 of the Penal Code Act and punishable under section 364 of the some Act.