Court Remands Man Over N86m Fraud, Impersonation
Kemisola Oye
A Lagos Federal High Court today remanded a driver, Jackson Ndubuisi, in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) over alleged conspiracy, obtaining by pretence, fraud and impersonation
The driver was remanded in the NCoS custody by Justice Nicholas Oweibo following his plea of not guilty to the charges preferred against him by the police from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (Force CID), Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos.
The police, through its prosecutor, Sunday Oladitan Ayodele, told the court that the defendant (with others now at large), sometime in March 2020, falsely presented himself to the dou of Ebenezer Omowunmi and Alexander Fayankinnu, that he was a driver capable of delivering containers to the port terminal at Apapa, Lagos.
The prosecutor further told the court that the defendant fraudulently obtained 43 containers from his victims, which he allegedly sold.
The prosecutor further told the court that for the defendant to succeed in carrying out the alleged illegal acts, he impersonated one Nyeche Ndidi Osogor, whose name he used in defrauding his victims.
Barrister Ayodele further told the court that the offences committed by the defendant are contrary to Section 8(a); 1(1)(c) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
He also told the court that the offences contravened sections 383 and 484 and were punishable under Section 390(9) of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C38, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the offence when the charges were read to him.
Following his plea of not guilty, the prosecutor urged the court to remand him in the custody of the NCoS till the determination of the charge, while also asking for a trial date.
The defendant’s lawyer, M. Udeagwu, did not oppose the prosecutor’s request.
Consequently, Justice Oweibo adjourned the matter till 30 June for the commencement of trial, while also ordering that the defendant be remanded in the custody of the NCoS.
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