Nigeria, July 4 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two brothers at the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt over allegations that they fraudulently sold the same parcels of land to multiple buyers.

The defendants, Cypril Nwalaezi and Smart Chinedu Nwalaezi, were arraigned on Thursday before Justice S. D. Pam on an amended five-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence involving N3.2 million.

According to the EFCC statement posted on its Facebook page, the brothers allegedly deceived a buyer, Franklin Nwachukwu, into believing they had valid titles to parcels of land located along Umuasukpo Farm Road in Igbo-Etche, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.

The anti-graft agency ...