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Fraud
By Vivian Ibobo
Lagos, July 4, 2017 (NAN) The police on Tuesday arraigned 35-year-old sales representative, Victor Ogugu in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for
alleged fraud.
Ogugu, who lives at Akinsanya Street in Ojodu area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing.
He was said to have collected N250,000 from a company on pretext to procure Lagos State Public Procurement Agency Registration Document.
The Prosecutor, Sgt. Yomi Egunjobi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on May 18 at the premises of Micano Limited Company, situated at
Plot 34/35 Acme Road, Ogba, Lagos.
According to him, Ogugu, a sales representative, collected N250,000 so he can register the company as vendor with Lagos State Government.
Egunjobi said “the defendant, however, collected the money and presented some documents to the company and when the management went to verify the documents, it discovered that they were fake.
“And when Ogugu was questioned, he confessed that he actually converted the N250,000 to his own use.”
The prosecutor said the offences contravened sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
Section 287 stipulates 14 years imprisonment for offenders, while Section 314 sanctions 15 years for obtaining credit on false pretext.
However, the defendant pleaded not guilty and the Magistrate, Mrs O. I. Raji, granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Raji also ordered that the sureties must be gainfully employed and must
show evidence of tax payment to Lagos State Government and adjourned the case till July 10 for mention. (NAN)
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Edited by Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu