EFCC to arraign two sisters for N446m property fraud in Edo

The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign one Rita Izehia Iyoha for property fraud.

Iyoha, 58, in collaboration with her sister, Fidelia Oghenetejiri is alleged to have defrauded one Frank Obruche Esemudje and his wife of the sum of N446 million ( Four Hundred and Forty Six Million Naira only) under the pretence of selling a property, located in Effurun, Warri to them.

The petitioner alleged that the duo of Iyoha, the principal suspect, and Oghenetejiri presented themselves as the rightful owners of the property which they claimed was an inheritance from their father. However, the petitioner, upon payment, could not take possession of the property as there was a subsisting court judgment restraining the sisters from disposing of the property. Efforts by the petitioner to get his money back proved abortive as Iyoha immediately relocated to Ghana after the transaction.

Despite her relocation, the EFCC kept track of her and consequently arrested her upon her visit to Nigeria at a popular motor park in Lagos.

She has made useful statements and will be arraigned in court soon