An FCT High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered that an Indonesian businessman, Amelito Sontousidad, 49, be remanded in prison custody pending hearing in a bail application.
Sontousidad was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on two counts of issuing N5.9 million dud cheque to an Abuja-based company, Ocean Resources Limited.
Justice Olusumbo Goodluck gave the order after counsel to the accused, Augustine Ossi, failed to file a formal application for the bail of his client.
Goodluck therefore adjourned the case to June 11 and 12 for accelerated hearing of the suit.
The EFCC counsel, Aso Peters, told the court the accused sometime in February 2013, issued a Fidelity Bank cheque for N5.9 million with the intention to defraud the complainant.
Peters said the accused issued the cheque as payment for the supply of 99,000 litres of diesel to the complainant.
He said the cheque was dishonoured by the bank, due to insufficient funds in the account.
If convicted, Sontousidad faces two years in prison.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the offence.
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