Nigeria, June 9 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a self-styled native doctor and his wife for allegedly scamming a woman of over N1 billion.

The EFCC arraigned Olorunbukunmi Taiwo and his spouse, Awolegan Omotola, before the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, the EFCC said in a statement on Monday.

According to the commission, the couple allegedly obtained N1 billion fraudulently from a private school proprietor, Anazia Kenechukwu, from Delta State, under the pretext of using the money to finance a road construction contract.

EFCC said the couple fraudulently claimed that the contract was awarded to them by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC) and approache...