A self appointed agent to telecommunications firm, Globacom, Khalil Bappah, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Gombe State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said Bappah was brought before Justice Babatunde Quadri for offences bordering on obtaining under false pretences.
The offences were said to be contrary to and punishable under sections 1(2) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
The EFCC said Bappa’s trouble began after a petition by one Yusra Babakusa, a female student of the Bayero University, Kano.
Yusra had alleged that sometime in April 2012, she was approached by Bappah, who under the guise of being a glo agent, promised that he could help her become a glo ambassador through his contacts at Globacom.
Bappah subsequently obtained a total of N267,000 from her to facilitate the appointment. Yusra stated that the accused person forwarded a code number to her with assurances that she would soon be called as a glo ambassador.
Yusra was told to prepare for an interview trip to glo head office in Lagos. To dispel any suspicions, the accused told her the journey had been paid for by Glo.
The EFCC said on the day of the journey, Bappah told Yusra to wait for him, but stopped answering her calls after a while and eventually switched off his phone. It was then she realised that she had been conned.
The accused was arraigned on four counts, but he pleaded not guilty.
Justice Quadri ordered the accused to be remanded in prison and adjourned the case till April 28 and 29, 2014 for commencement of trial.
