The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abuja Zonal Directorate, has arraigned a Chinese national, Zhang Wen Hao, before Justice Ibrahim Shekarau of the Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Mararaba.
He was arraigned on a one count charge bordering on cheating.
The count reads “That you, Zhang Wen Hao sometime in March 2023 at Suleja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did intentionally induce Paul Yichol with One Thousand Naira only to open a bank account in his name with for the purpose of using same for unlawful activity and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria and punishable under Section 322 of the same Law.”
He pleaded not guilty, prompting the prosecution counsel Taiwo Aromolaran to ask the judge for a date to commence trial.
Meanwhile, counsel to the defendant Michael Ukatu made an oral application for bail.
Justice Shekarau adjourned the matter till March 12, 2026 for hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the custody of the EFCC.
