After the separate four-count charges were read to them, they pleaded not guilty, and Mr Akponimisingha applied for a trial date.
The 21-year-old student induced a Chinese citizen to send him $50 gift cards. The convict then sold them via the internet for N20,000.
“Tell your parents that you went to EFCC and they told you that corruption is a crime,” said Mr Olukoyede.
The absence of defence counsel Odu Emmanuel on Tuesday stalled Saturday Igwe’s trial.
The EFCC dragged Mr Sirika and his daughter, Fatima, Jalal Sule Hamma and Al-Duraq Investment Limited for abuse of office and contract fraud.
The files were also expected to clarify decades-long controversies regarding Mr Tinubu’s background, including the name, age and gender under which he entered the U.S.
Critics said the agency did not appear to have learnt any lessons from the controversies it suffered over similar raids in 2021 and 2022.Â
EFCC operatives raided two clubhouses in Akure and physically assaulted guests.
Mr Yusuf had recently presented N50,000 each to 465 street hawkers to boost their businesses.
“They arrested over 100 people, took them away with some of their cars.”
