Court remands man for N-Power fraud
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered remand of a 33-year-old man, Baderinwa Waheed, who allegedly stole an N-Power beneficiary’s five months’ stipend.
The defendant is charged with forgery, stealing and fraud.
According to the prosecutor, Olaolu Olayinka, the defendant committed the offences in March 2021 in Ado-Ekiti.
The police alleged that the defendant conspired with another suspect Tiamiyu Salimot to commit a computer-related forgery and log into Adeola Olofin’s N-Power dashboard to defraud her.
He alleged that the defendant and Ms Salimot changed Ms Olofin’s password, name and account number, thereby causing her to lose five months’ N-Power stipend calculated at N150,000.
The prosecutor added that the victim’s phone developed a fault as she forwarded her N-Power login details to the defendant to help her check for messages.
He explained that the defendant told the victim that there was no message.
According to him, the victim later discovered that the defendant hacked her account and diverted her details to his wife and collected Ms Olofin’s stipends for five months.
The plea of the defendant was not taken.
Chief magistrate Bankole Oluwasanmi, ordered his remand pending advice from the office of the state director of public prosecutions.
He adjourned the case until June 20 for mention.
(NAN)
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