One Mr Augustine Ezeama and his wife, Juliet Ezeama, have been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice O. H. Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court Ikeja.

The married couple is reportedly facing seven counts
bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false
pretences, Punch reports.

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The commission revealed that the couple had on May 6, 2015,
obtained $30,570 from a firm, CIFERCOM LLC under the
pretext that the money was for registration of CIFERCOM LLC
as a company in Nigeria, preparatory to the award of an $8m
contract to CIFERCOM LLC by the Federal Government.
Punch reports that one of the charges against the couple
read,
“That you, on Augustine Ezeama, Juliet Ezeama and Mabrubeni
Nigeria Limited, on or about the 6th of May, 2015 in Lagos
within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to
defraud, obtained the sum of $30,570 from CIFERCOM LLC
under the false pretences that the money was for registration of
CIFERCOM LLC as a company in Nigeria preparatory to the
award of $8m contract to CIFERCOM LLC by the Federal
Government of Nigeria, which representation you knew to be
false.”
However, the couple pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled
against them.
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Justice Oshodi remanded the defendants in the custody of
the EFCC and adjourned the matter until November 21, 2016,
for bail application.