By Moronke Boboye
Dollars
Ikeja, – A 27- year -old businessman, Kabiru Abubakar, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining 4,350 dollars on false pretense of sending the Naira equivalent to the owner.
The defendant, a businessman who resides in Ikeja, is being tried for obtaining by false pretense and stealing.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Funmi Akinleye, told the court that the offences were committed on Feb. 6, 2021, at 15 Allen Avenue, Ikeja.
The prosecutor said that the defendant, who was well known by the complainant, Alhaji Adamu Adamu, approached him (Adamu) that he wanted to buy 4,350 dollars, equivalent of N3.1 million as at then.
“Based on trust the complainant gave him the dollars and he (Abubakar) promised to do a transfer to him, but thereafter absconded; and all efforts to locate him failed,” she said.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravened Sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Fajana, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Fajana adjourned the case until Feb. 13 for mention. (NAN)