Ex-Nigeria star Nwankwo Kanu has lost
N1.4bn (about $104m) and a top executive of his hotel has been arrested
and charged to court.
Managing director of Hardley Suites Hotel
in Lagos, Ayoola Gam Ikon, 49, has been
arrested and charged to court
for the alleged fraud, according to a PM News report.
Operatives of the Inspector General of
Police Monitoring Unit arrested Ikon, the managing director of Hardley
Suites Limited situated at Waziri Ibrahim Crescent, off Elsie Femi
Pearse Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, for allegedly stealing the
N1.4bn belonging to the hotel owned by Kanu.
Also arrested along with him over the alleged fraud is a hotel staff, Oke Samuel.
They were arraigned before an Igbosere
Magistrate’s court on a 19-count charge of felony to wit, obtaining
money under false pretence.
The police alleged in charge suit No.
K/8/2013 that Ikon was arrested following a complaint by the management
of Hardley Suites Limited, Nwankwo Kanu and Ogbonna Kanu, that Ikon
between 2005 and 2012 allegedly defrauded them of the sum of about
N1.4bn on the pretence of using the money to expand the existing
facilities of the hotel by constructing and furnishing of additional
blocks of 30 suites and conference facilities.
But he allegedly failed to use the money for the purpose and allegedly converted the money to his personal use.
He was also alleged to have forged a
special resolution purportedly made by the board of directors of Hardley
Suites Limited to obtain loans of N187m, N50m and N493m from Skye Bank
Plc without authorisation.
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I want to join others in conderming this devlish act...and yes KANU doesn't deserve such treatment.
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