The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Ewulum Chimeze Felix before Mojisola Dada, Justice of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja on an 11-count charge involving fraud, stealing, possession of fraudulent documents, and forgery.
Chimeze, who allegedly operated under the name “Slenzy Ventures,” is accused of defrauding an unsuspecting victim of over ₦23.5 million under the guise of assisting him to secure a United Kingdom visa, work permit, and certificate of sponsorship.
According to the EFCC, Chimeze reportedly approached Nnochiri Boniface, the complainant, in 2024, promising to facilitate his travel abroad.
Believing the claims, Boniface allegedly paid Chimeze a sum of ₦18,038,000 to process the travel documents.
However, the EFCC said Chimeze failed to deliver on the promise and subsequently became unreachable.
One of the charges reads:
“Ewulum Chimeze Felix (Trading under the name and style of Slenzy Ventures), sometime in 2024 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of ₦18,038,000.00 (Eighteen Million, Thirty-Eight Thousand Naira only) from Nnochiri Chiedozie Boniface by falsely representing that the money was for procuring the United Kingdom visa and work permit, a representation you knew to be false.”
Another charge revealed that on March 10, 2025, Chimeze was allegedly found in possession of several fraudulent documents, including a forged Florida driver’s license bearing the name “Vojtisek Adriena,” which he was said to have used to deceive unsuspecting individuals.
When the charges were read to him in court on Tuesday, Chimeze pleaded not guilty.
M. B. Isha, Prosecution counsel, subsequently applied for a trial date and requested that the defendant be remanded at a Correctional Centre pending the commencement of trial.
However, Michael Nwigbo, defence counsel, informed the court of a pending bail application and appealed for a short adjournment to hear the application.
Dada adjourned the case to June 17, 2025, for trial and ordered the remand of the defendant in a Correctional Centre until that date.
The EFCC reiterated its commitment to pursuing justice and warned the public to be wary of individuals offering questionable visa procurement services.
