NAN-H-25
Tiles
By Moronke Boboye
Lagos, Nov. 8, 2016(NAN) For allegedly obtaining N800,000 under the pretext of supplying tiles to a site, a 27-year-old man, Friday Agbor, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The accused, a business man who lives at 12, Ogundaji St., Ologolo area of Jakande , a suburb of Lagos, is being tried on a two-count charge bothering on obtaining by false pretences and stealing.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Donjor Perezi, told the court that the accused committed the offences between August and September 2016 at 7, Ilare St., Oshodi, Lagos State.
Perezi said that the accused collected N800,000 from one Prince Ayodele Adepitan under the pretext of supplying tiles to his site.
“The accused disappeared since he collected the money and all efforts to find him failed, until he was sighted and apprehended,” he said.
The offences contravened Sections 285 and 312 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The chief magistrate, Mrs A.O. Layinka, granted the accused to a bail of N800, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case to Dec. 12 for mention. (NAN)
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