A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered that a 30-year-old man, Victor Emeka, be remanded in a correctional center for allegedly swindling a commercial sex worker.
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the police charged Emeka of Mpape, Abuja, with criminal breach of trust and theft, which he pleaded not guilty to.
The magistrate, Saminu Suleiman, ordered that the defendant be taken to Suleja Correctional Center until May 5, when the facts of the case would be reviewed.
Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant, Sandra Orogbo, of the White House Hotel, Abuja, reported the case at the Zuba Police Station on March 17.
Ogada alleged that the defendant went to the hotel and patronized the complainant with a promise to pay her N2,000 for her services on March 16.
He added that after the complainant rendered her service to the defendant, he refused to pay her.
Ogada said the defendant further deceived the complainant to Suleja, collected her cell phone valued at N60, 000, and ran away.
He added that the defendant was eventually arrested and handed over to the police for investigation.
The offense, he said, contravened the provisions of Sections 265 and 287 of the Penal Code.
