Police dock two estate agents over alleged N1.5m fraud
By Jude-Ken Ojinnaka
Two estate agents, Lukman Akande and Justice Odion, were on Monday arraigned by the Police before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, over alleged N1.5 million fraud.
Akande, 43, and Odion, 34, whose addresses were not provided, are standing trial on a two-count charge of fraud and breach of the peace.
The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on July 26, by 4.00.p.m., at Power Line Atunshe Bus Stop, Era Road, Ijanikin area, Lagos.
According to the charge filed by the prosecutor, the defendants fraudulently obtained the sum of N1.5 million from one Mr Yomi Obafusu, with the guise of hiring an unused viewing centre.
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Adeosun submitted that the defendants hired the centre but failed to remit the money to the property owner.
“The defendants conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace, by refusing to remit the proceeds of the centre to the owner.
“The offences contravene Sections 168 and 315 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015,” he said.
However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N500,000 each with two sureties each in like sum.
He ordered that one of the sureties should be a community leader with two years evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
Adekomaiya adjourned the case till September 10 for mention.
