By Abduwahab Abdulah and Onozure Dania

Olajide Kazeem, known as Seun Egbegbe, a film maker was yesterday arraigned by the Police Special Fraud Unit for alleged serial frauds involving N39, 098,100, $90,000 and £12,550.

The film maker and his co-accused, one Oyekan Ayomide were arraigned on 36 count-charge of conspiracy and stealing  between 2015 and 2017.

They were arraigned before Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos.

Seun Egbegbe

However, when the 36 counts were read to Egbede and Ayomide, they both pleaded not guilty

According to the police the duo  allegedly defrauded no fewer than 30 Bureau de Change operators in Lagos between 2015 and February 2017, mostly by falsely claiming they had foreign currencies to sell to the BDC operators.

It was alleged that for instance, that “on February 2, 2017, Egbegbe and Ayomide fraudulently obtained the sums of N2.45m and £,3,000 from one Alhaji Isa Adamu in Lagos under the guise that they wanted to see the naira and buy the pounds.”

The other victims of the alleged frauds by Egbede were Mohammed Sanni, who was allegedly defrauded of N2.46m on 2017 New Year day; Jubrila Ado, allegedly defrauded of N1.257m on September 9, 2016; Hassan Amodu, allegedly defrauded of N600,000 in January 2016; Sanni Hassan, defrauded off N1.43 and £2,750 in August 2015; Saidi Abdullahi, defrauded of N700,000 on April 18, 2016; Atairu Abdullaahi, defrauded of N1m on June 23, 2016; and Abdullahi Babadisa, defrauded of N650,000 in January 2016.

Others were Abdurawan Hassan who allegedly lost N1.46m to Egbede on January 1, 2017; Suraju Garuba, who lost N850,000 in July 2016; Abdullahi Mumini, who lost N2.15m in September 2016; Garuba Hassan, who lost N700,000 on January 10, 2016 and Sanni Mohammed, who lost N1.89m on January 29, 2017. Also allegedly swindled by Egbegbe were Barowo Abdullahi, who lost N2.6m;

Yahu Alidu, who lost N1.75m; Tairu Musa, who lost N2m; Mohammed Bello, who lost $300; Mohammed Usman, N450,500; Suleiman Shehu, who lost N1.276m; Ahmadu Abda, who lost N2m; Nairu Musa, who lost N1.007m; Sanni Mohammed, who lost N1.6m and $3,000.