The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a visa agent, Adediwura Adesina Stanley, before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over alleged conspiracy, forgery, and use of false documents to secure a United Kingdom visa.
Stanley was docked before Justice Ismail Ijelu on a charge marked ID/27584C/2026, alongside two others said to be at large, Olufemi Samuel Adewunmi and Oluwayemi Oyinkan.
The anti-graft agency alleged that the defendant conspired with the two accomplices to forge documents, including a corporate payslip and a bank statement purportedly issued by United Bank for Africa (UBA).
According to the prosecution, led by Yvonne Williams-Mbata, alongside Roseline Eze and Oluwayemisi Pereira, the forged documents were allegedly intended to deceive the United Kingdom Visas and Immigration, a division of the UK Home Office, into granting a visa.
Williams-Mbata pray to court for the plea of the defendant to be taken.
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The plea was granted and Adediwura Adesina Stanley, pleaded not guilty to 20 counts charge level against him.
The defendant counsel, Olabampe, subsequently informed the court that a bail application had been filed and served on the prosecution.
In response, the ICPC opposed the application through a counter-affidavit, arguing that the defendant posed a flight risk, noting that he had allegedly absconded in an earlier charge filed against him.
After hearing arguments from both sides, Justice Ijelu granted the defendant ten million naira bail but imposed stringent conditions.
The court ordered that Stanley must deposit his international passport with the court registry and refrain from any international travel pending the determination of the case.
The matter was subsequently adjourned till April 1, for the commencement of trial.
