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Lawyer docked for allegedly defrauding Landmark University of N19m
A lawyer and former counsel to Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State, Temidayo Eseyin, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday.
The former counsel, who was docked in Ilorin, was alleged to have defrauded the university, of N19.3 million.
Eseyin, a former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, was arraigned before Justice Funsho Lawal of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on four counts bordering on dishonest misappropriation of funds belonging to the university.
In a petition to the EFCC, Eseyin was said to have used the opportunity of his access to its property, title documents and funds and allegedly cheated, defrauded, misappropriated and short-changed the university.
In one of his alleged atrocities, the defendant, between 2014 and 2022, managed a property known as the Old Midland Building situated along Emir’s/Obbo Road, Ilorin, which belonged to the Landmark University, and collected rent on the property but could not produce the money paid when asked.
The petitioner also alleged that Eseyin attempted to sell the property without instructions from the university and the anti-graft agency was petitioned.
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