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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Rebecca Godwin-Isaac Omokamo, a real estate developer also known as Bilikisu Ishaku-Aliyu, over alleged N500 million land fraud and money laundering.
Omokamo was arraigned before Joyce Abdulmalik, judge of a federal high court in Abuja, on two separate charges following a petition filed by Colleen Yesufu, a 79-year-old widow, whose lands were among those allegedly fraudulently acquired.
In the first case marked FHC/ABJ/CR/77/2025, the EFCC arraigned Omokamo alongside her husband, Isaac Yusuf-Ishaku, and their company, Homadil Realty Limited, on a five-count charge.
In the second matter with charge number FHC/ABJ/CR/76/2025, she was docked on a 17-count charge alongside Idakwogi John and Rychardo Homes Ltd.
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The EFCC alleged that between 2023 and 2024, the defendants received over N500 million from multiple victims under false pretences and laundered the money through various company accounts.
The commission said they used forged documents, including a falsified power of attorney, to claim ownership of Plot 4022, Guzape district, Abuja.
According to the anti-graft agency, Omokamo used the forged documents to obtain a building permit from the department of development control of the federal capital territory administration (FCTA) and sold the property to a buyer for N70 million.
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The defendants were further accused of falsely claiming ownership of plots 1861, 1862, and 1863 in cadastral zone B07, Katampe district, Abuja, with which they allegedly defrauded several individuals purchasing the property.
The defendants allegedly conspired to fraudulently acquire and sell the lands, including those belonging to Colleen Yesufu.
Their actions, the EFCC said, amounted to offences contrary to section 8(a) and punishable under section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006.
All the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges read to them.
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After hearing their applications through defence counsel Christopher Oshomegie and M.A. Ebutu, the judge admitted each defendant to bail in the sum of N10 million with two sureties in like sum.
The judge ordered that the sureties must be civil servants not below grade level 16, present evidence of their last three months’ salaries, possess landed property equivalent to the bail sum, and depose to an affidavit of means.
The judge also directed the defendants to deposit their international passports and barred them from travelling outside the country without approval.
They are to be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of their bail conditions.
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The matters were adjourned to July 21 and 22 for trial. The EFCC informed the court that it intends to call 13 witnesses.
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