A 40-year-old man, Segun Aliu, was on Monday arraigned before an Ota Magistrates ‘Court in Ogun, for allegedly defrauding a woman of N136,000.
The Police charged Aliu, of no fixed address, with fraud, conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence.
The Police Insp, E. O. Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant and others, still at large, committed the offences on Oct. 30, at about 2.00 p.m. along the Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway, Ota.
Adaraloye alleged that the defendant and his accomplices collected N136,000 under pretext from the complainant, Olufunso Shoremekun, with the intention of giving her dollars in return.
He added that the defendant converted the money to his own use instead of exchanging the money to dollar for the complainant.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 390(9), 419 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Mrs A. O. Adeyemi, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum.
Adeyemi ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment to Ogun Government.
She adjourned the case until Dec. 15 for further hearing.
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