Estate Manager converts dead man’s N33.7m, properties
A trustee to the estate of the late Mr. Abiodun Toma Ikomi,
Adebayo Shogeyinbo has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ court
for allegedly converting the monies and properties of the deceased,
comprising about N33.7m, five cars, 97 shops, buildings and parcels of
land to his personal use.
PM News reports that Police prosecutor, Inspector Amedu Adoga
informed the court that the accused, was arrested following a complaint
by the family of t
he late Ikomi that the accused, who is their late
father’s estate trustee converted their father’s monies and properties
to his personal use and sold others out without the consent of the
family.
Amedu told the court that the accused between November 2000 and
October, 2013 converted the sum of N10m at Eko International Bank Plc,
N3.7m at Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, Garki, Abuja Branch, N20m gratuity
and benefits domiciled at First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Sapele, Delta State
Branch, all properties of the deceased to his personal use and
neglected the family of the deceased.
He said the accused also converted five cars and sold 97 shops at
Iweju International Market, Iyana-Iba, Ojo, Lagos, Duplex building at
Ugbiyi GRA, Sapele, Delta State, vacant parcel of land at Ugbiyi GRA,
Sapele, Delta State, two buildings at Plot 19, Block X11 Gwagwalada,
FCT, Abuja, plot No. M4-24L at Delta Steel, 1000 priority housing
scheme, Ovian, Aladja, Delta State and a building at B Plot 72, Ikomi
Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, properties of the deceased to his personal
use.
Amedu said the accused also concealed the age of Tosan Toma Ikomi
with the intention to sell the property at Ugbiyi GRA, Sapele, Delta
State willed to Tosan Toma Ikomi by his late father.
The accused denied the police allegations in the open court, and
magistrate Mrs. O.G. Oghre admitted the accused to bail in the sum of
N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Oghre adjourned the case till 4 December, 2015 for mention, while the
defendant was taken to Ikoyi Prison, Lagos pending when he will fulfill
his bail conditions
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