Man on trial for theft
A 40-year-old man,
Estimate Eze, was on Wednesday arraigned in Lagos for allegedly
stealing $6,000 (about N900,000) from a businessman.
Mr Eze is facing a
three-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining under pretence and stealing
before Magistrate A.O. Gbajumo of the Surulere Magistrate Court.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The Prosecutor,
Raji Hakeem, told the court that the accused, in 2008 at Orile Iganmu,
conspired with others now at large to steal $6,000, belonging to one
Corlineus Okorie. “The accused, who claimed to be a businessman,
obtained the money under the pretence of procuring a US visa for the
complainant, which he knew to be false,” he said, adding that the
offence contravened Sections 390, 419 and 516 of the Criminal Code,
Laws of Lagos State.
The magistrate adjourned the case till March 7.
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