18th September, 2013
Three suspected money doublers were on Tuesday docked at the Isabo Magistrate’s Court, Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, for fraudulently obtaining N4 million from a man identified as Sulaimon Omosowon.
The accused were slammed with a two-count charge of conspiracy and fraud and they pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The accused were identified as Tajudeen Akanji, Yahya Adeyemi and Abdulahi Lateef.
The prosecution counsel, Sunday Eigbejiale told the court that the accused deceived people under the guise of helping them to double their money but ended up swindling their victim of their money.
According to the counsel,on 6 August, 2011, at Housing Estate, Olomore in Abeokuta, the three accussed did conspire together and committed felony to wit: obtaining by false pretence.
“The accussed did fraudulently obtain from Mr Sulaiman Omosowon, the sum of N4 million under false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 419 of the criminal code of law of Ogun State 2006.”
The matter was later adjourned till 4 December, 2013 for further hearing while the accused were granted bail by Magistrate M.A. Akinyemi in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum who must be resident in Abeokuta.
—Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta