On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned one Mohammed Sani Dàuda and his firm, MS Seven Nigeria Limited, before Justice Darius Khobo of Kaduna State High Court on a two-count charge bordering on gaining by false pretence.
The EFCC detained Dauda in response to a petition saying that sometime in August 2021, he approached the complainant, claiming to be involved in the importation of expensive automobiles from the United States of America. He persuaded the complaint to do business with him.
The petitioner subsequently deposited the sum of N70, 000,000 (Seventy Million Naira) into the company account of the defendant, for the purchase of a Mercedes Benz S-class 2021 model.
After a while, the complainant said he again paid another N 194,128,500.00 (One Hundred and Ninety Four Million, One Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Five Hundred Naira) into the defendant’s company’s account domiciled in another bank for the purchase of a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon and a Rolls Royce.
He further stated that after the payments were made, the defendant became evasive and efforts to reach him to either get the vehicles requested or have a refund became futile.