40-year-old Ekiti man arraigned over alleged N200,000 fraud
The police on Thursday arraigned a 40-year-old man, Bamidele Fagboro, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over an alleged N200,000 fraud.
The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a one-count charge of fraud, to which he pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 28 at about 6:00 p.m. at Marina Avenue, Odo-Ado in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that the defendant obtained N200,000 from the complainant, Akande Ajayi, out of the N300,000 charged to blast a stone for their community, but the defendant did little blasting, abandoned the job and fled.
Mr Adeniyi said that the offence contravened Section 419 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
The prosecutor asked the court for an adjournment to enable him to study the case file and assemble his witnesses.
Counsel to the defendant, Oluwasola Olarewaju, urged the court to grant the defendant bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
In her ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Dolamu Babalogbon, granted the defendant bail in the sumof N100, 000 with one surety in like sum.
She adjourned the case until December 9 for hearing.
(NAN)
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