Abdullahi Binuyo, Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Gbeyoga Oyetola of Osun State has been charged to a Hight Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by the Office of the Inspector-General of Police over alleged fraud in the tune of $120,000.
The charge is marked CR/975/2020 containing four charges pertaining to conspiracy, fraud, cheating and forgery, Sahara Reporters reports.
All the charges were reported to be liable to punishment under varied provisions of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other related offences and Penal Code Law.
According to a lawyer in the Legal Prosecution Section of the Force Criminal Investigation Department of Force Headquarters, Binuyo allegedly scammed one Tunde Ajala and his company, MBA Nigeria Limited in January 2017.
Prosecutors also claim he forged and signed as Hakeem Thanni for Ahad International FZC company in an agreement with BMA Nigeria Limited and Tunde Ajala.
The deputy chief of staff was alleged to have defrauded Babatunde Ajala and his firm of $120,000.