A 47-year-old man, Akeju Fadugba, who allegedly obtained N1 million under the pretext of buying a fairly used bus for one Waheed Oyeleke, was on Friday arraigned in an Ebute Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court.
Fadugba, is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and stealing.
The prosecutor, Insp. A.O Fadipe, told the court that the accused and others still at large, committed the offences sometime in September, at No 31, Aborishade Road, Lawanson, Lagos.
Fadipe alleged that Fadugba and his accomplices fraudulently obtained N1 million from Oyeleke, with a promise to help him buy the bus.
He said that after the payment in September, the accused stopped picking the complainant’s calls and also started avoiding him.
Fadipe explained that the accused was apprehended in his new hide out in Lawanson.
He said that the offences contravened Sections 285, 312 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Section 312 prescribes 15 years imprisonment for a person convicted of obtaining by false pretence.
Fadugba, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.I. Adelaja, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till Jan. 11 for trial.
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