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| The Magistrate’s Court in Mpape, Abuja has ordered the remand of a businessman, Mike Adamu, in the police custody for allegedly issuing a dud cheque. |
The Magistrate’s Court in Mpape, Abuja has ordered the remand of a businessman, Mike Adamu, in the police custody for allegedly issuing a dud cheque.
Adamu and his Reform Sports West Africa Limited allegedly issued the alleged dud cheque, following pressure mounted on them to offset a debt of N139.5m, which they allegedly owed Zuru Hills Integrated Services Limited, according to a petition sent to the office of the Inspector-General of Police.
The Mpape Magistrate’s court made the remand order on March 25, following an application by the police in a suit marked MT/19/2019.
The “warrant of commitment of prison of remand” directed the “official in charge of prisons at the IGP Intelligence Response Team”, Abuja, to detain Adamu until Monday, April 1.
Mike, the son of Amos Adamu, former Director-General of the Nigerian National Sports Commission and ex-FIFA 24-man executive committee, was arrested following two petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the IGP.
The first petition was written by a firm, NISL Ventures Ltd, on November 1, 2017.
The petition was titled, ‘Conspiracy to defraud, obtaining by false pretence, fraudulent deceit and fraudulent conversion of funds and issuance of dud cheques by Messrs Mike Adamu and Kolawole Adewale of Eureka Heritage Properties and Consultant Ltd.’
The other petition was written by a law firm, Paschal Legal, on behalf of a firm, Zuruhills Integrated Services Ltd, last July 17.
It was titled ‘Petition against one Mike Adamu and Reform Sports West Africa Ltd for issuance of dud cheques and criminal breach of trust’.
The petition stated that “Mike Adamu, in the bid to offset the sum of N139,500,000 owed our clients by him and captured in a Terms of Settlement document, … issued a dud cheque to our client. Attached is the Dud Cheque.
“Every effort to get Mike Adamu to make good his financial obligation to our client has been to no avail.
“Consequently, we respectfully request that you use your good office to ensure that Mike Adamu is brought to book.”
Adamu and his Reform Sports West Africa Limited allegedly issued the alleged dud cheque, following pressure mounted on them to offset a debt of N139.5m, which they allegedly owed Zuru Hills Integrated Services Limited, according to a petition sent to the office of the Inspector-General of Police.
The Mpape Magistrate’s court made the remand order on March 25, following an application by the police in a suit marked MT/19/2019.
The “warrant of commitment of prison of remand” directed the “official in charge of prisons at the IGP Intelligence Response Team”, Abuja, to detain Adamu until Monday, April 1.
Mike, the son of Amos Adamu, former Director-General of the Nigerian National Sports Commission and ex-FIFA 24-man executive committee, was arrested following two petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the IGP.
The first petition was written by a firm, NISL Ventures Ltd, on November 1, 2017.
The petition was titled, ‘Conspiracy to defraud, obtaining by false pretence, fraudulent deceit and fraudulent conversion of funds and issuance of dud cheques by Messrs Mike Adamu and Kolawole Adewale of Eureka Heritage Properties and Consultant Ltd.’
The other petition was written by a law firm, Paschal Legal, on behalf of a firm, Zuruhills Integrated Services Ltd, last July 17.
It was titled ‘Petition against one Mike Adamu and Reform Sports West Africa Ltd for issuance of dud cheques and criminal breach of trust’.
The petition stated that “Mike Adamu, in the bid to offset the sum of N139,500,000 owed our clients by him and captured in a Terms of Settlement document, … issued a dud cheque to our client. Attached is the Dud Cheque.
“Every effort to get Mike Adamu to make good his financial obligation to our client has been to no avail.
“Consequently, we respectfully request that you use your good office to ensure that Mike Adamu is brought to book.”
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