The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 arraigned a businessman, Oviri Oghenebrume Believe and his company, Grant Impex Nig. Ltd before Justice H. A. Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Warri, Delta State for fraud.
He and his company are being prosecuted on a one-count charge, bordering on advance fee fraud and obtaining by false pretence, involving 30,000 litres of diesel, Automotive Gas Oil, AGO valued at N24,3000,000 (Twenty-four million, three hundred thousand Naira).
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The charge reads: “That you Oviri Oghenerume Believe (M) being the Managing Director of Grant Impex Nig Ltd and Grant Impex Nig Ltd on or about the 7th day of October, 2022 in Warri, Delta State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud did obtain 30, 000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) valued at N24,300,000.00 (Twenty-four million, three hundred thousand Naira) from Patrick Egogo of Solutions Patrick Nig. Enterprises Oil and Gas Supply under the false pretence that you had an LPO given you by Africa Alpha Realization Ltd and payment for the product will be made after Africa Alpha Realization Ltd pays for the product which pretence you knew is false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”
