The EFCC, on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 arraigned one Bala Tangalu before Justice A. B. Mohammed of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja, on a 2-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N2.5m.
Tangalu was arrested following a petition by one Dozie Ugonna, who alleged that he was scammed of over N2.5m by the accused and his cohorts. According to the petitioner, the money was meant for the purchase of materials to neutralize some harmful charms purportedly contained in a carton filled with U.S dollars.
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Mohammed granted him bail in the sum of N2m with two sureties in like sum.