Court remands man, 44, for alleged impersonation, fraudulent dealings

Court remands man, 44, for alleged impersonation, fraudulent dealings

Impersonation

By Onyeje Abutu-Joel

Makurdi, June 24, 2024 (NAN) A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday, ordered the remand of a 44-year old civil servant, Terngu Utaver at the  Correctional Centre, Makurdi, for allegedly cheating traders to the tune of N5 million.

Utaver who lives at number 43, Uke Wende Street, High Level, Makurdi, was charged with criminal conspiracy, criminal trespass, impersonation and cheating.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Kelvin Mbanongun did not take his plea for want in jurisdiction.

Mbanongun adjourned the matter until Aug. 28, 2024 for further mention.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Godwin Ato told the court that on June 14, a team of the Benue Board of Internal Revenue Service, arrested and brought the defendant to the police station for fraudulent dealings.

“The team told the police that the defendant and his cohorts, who are still at large, on a daily basis collected revenues from unsuspecting citizens at Timber Shade, North Bank, Makurdi.

“The team said that the defendant and his partners in crime had collected revenues from business owners to the tune of N5 million.

“He said they pretended to be staff of the above government body and converted the monies to their own personal use before luck ran out on them,“he said.

The Prosecutor said the defendant confessed committing the crime during a police investigation.

He said the offences contravened sections 97, 353, 326 and 325 of the Penal Code Laws of Benue, 2004.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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Edited by Joseph Edeh

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