This is not the best of times for the Chairman of Ladipo/Osoro Traders union, Amaechi Nneji, as Police intensify efforts to apprehend him over alleged WAEC certificate forgery and diversion of N20m union’s funds, which the petitioners claimed that he used to build a house in Lagos State.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the Chairman, Mr. Nneji, went into hiding and is now at large after Police detectives from Zone 2 Command Onikan went to the market and he narrowly escaped arrest over a petition against him and his cohorts over forgery and diversion of the union’s fund.
It was gathered that the petition was weighty because the petitioners investigated and got the evidence of the house he was building at Ijedodo area of Lagos, which they claimed he used the union’s fund to build and the issue of certificate forgery known to many traders. And so, he decided to escape and went into hiding.
This is happening almost the same day the Lagos State High Court stopped his planned election through an exparte motion filed before the Court by his opponents led by Monday Nkwo over the union’s constitution breach and disqualification of Mr. Nkwo.
In the petition dated 3rd November,2024 by the chambers of EV’ANN ATTORNEY led by Bar. G. E.S Igbokwe on behalf of the petitioners, it stated:
“CASE OF WAEC CERTIFICATE FORGERY AND FRAUDULENT DIVERSION OF N20M FUND Of LADIPO/OSORO TRADERS UNION AGAINST AMAECHI NNEJI, IFEANYI OPARA, DONATIUS EMEAFOR, AMBROSE AGHANU AND CHIGOZIE UWAKWE”
“The above subject refers.
“We have been briefed and our services retained by the following under listed names and members of Ladipo/Osoro Traders union thus: Mr. Monday Nkwo, Mr. Isiugo Chinaza Pascal. Mr. Oliver Chukwu, Mr Charles Ogueli and Mr. Chigaemezu Njoku of No. 186 Street Papa Ajao Street Mushin Lagos.”
“It is the brief of our clients that sometime in March, 2019, Mr. Amechi Nneji and his cohorts forged West Africa Examination Council Certificate to fraudulently meet the criteria for the position of Chairmen, Iadipo/Osoro Traders Union in Lagos State.”
“Following their emergence as the executives of the union, Mr. Amaechi Nneji and his cohort swifly suspended paying the funds generated from and for the union into the union’s account instead fraudulently channeled the funds almost N20,000,000.00 to their private accounts that he currently converted same for building his house at ljedodo town Lagos. Attached herewith is the photographic evidence of the building.”
“Due to Mr. Amaechi Nneji’s highhandedness and in a ploy to cover up his misdeed of “syphoning the union’s fund throughout the period of his maladministration, that is since March, 2019, he surreptitiously picked a candidate, one his cohorts, in total disregard to the terms of the union’s constitution, to the greatest surprise of all, he singichandedly disqualified our clients, and worse still as against the will of the majority members of same union, utterly super imposed his protégé as only qualified contestant.”
“Sir, we seek the intervention of the Men and officers of Nigeria Police Force Command Zone 2 to investigate the activities as it relates to the funds of the union at instance of Mr. Amaechi Nneji since March, 2019 till date he fraudulenty assumed the position of the Chairman of Ladipo Osoro Traders Union, Lagos.”
Therefore, we humbly seek further your urgent intervention to fish them out and bring them to book.”
Yours faithfully,
G. E. S. Igbokwe Esq-
For the clients.”