For his alleged failure to supply farm produce worth N3.1m to his customer, 31-year-old Adedokun Adewumi was, on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Adewumi was arraigned on three counts bordering on conspiracy and fraud.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
It was gathered that the defendant allegedly conspired with one Sola Adegboye, who is still at large, to collect the sum of N3.1m from the complainant, Mr Ibrahim Sherif, on the pretext of supplying him with cassava chips, bags of brown rice and brewery waste.
The prosecutor, Peter Nwangwu, said the defendant committed the offences between October 2017 and January 2018, at Anthony Village, Lagos.
Nwangwu alleged that the defendant collected the said amount from the complainant and promised to supply him with the farm produce.
He said, “Adewumi failed to deliver the said goods to the complainant and started threatening him whenever he (Sherif) reached out to him on the telephone.
“Adewumi absconded with the money but was later caught; he promised to refund the money but has failed to do so.”
The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravene sections 287, 314 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N700,000 with two responsible sureties in like sum.
She said the sureties must be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government and one of them must be a relation of the accused.
Aje-Afunwa adjourned the case till April 25 for mention.
Similarly, a 38-year-old businessman, Paul Egbomoade, was also arraigned before the court for an alleged N900,000 fraud.
He was arraigned on one count of fraud, which he pleaded not guilty to.
Nwangwu told the court that Egbomoade obtained N900,000 from the complainant, Akpan Asuquo, purportedly to invest in his business.
The prosecutor stated, “The defendant collected the money from the complainant on the pretext of investing it in his business, a representation he knew to be false.
“Egbomoade collected the money from the complainant and refused to pay back as at when due, but absconded; all efforts by the complainant to get the defendant to refund the money proved abortive.”
He added that the defendant committed the offence sometime in June 2017 on Tinubu Street, Lagos Island.
According to him, the offence contravenes Section 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Magistrate Aje-Afunwa admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two responsible sureties in like sum.
Aje-Afunwa added that the sureties must be gainfully employed and show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
She adjourned the case till April 18 for mention.
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Adewumi was arraigned on three counts bordering on conspiracy and fraud.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
It was gathered that the defendant allegedly conspired with one Sola Adegboye, who is still at large, to collect the sum of N3.1m from the complainant, Mr Ibrahim Sherif, on the pretext of supplying him with cassava chips, bags of brown rice and brewery waste.
The prosecutor, Peter Nwangwu, said the defendant committed the offences between October 2017 and January 2018, at Anthony Village, Lagos.
Nwangwu alleged that the defendant collected the said amount from the complainant and promised to supply him with the farm produce.
He said, “Adewumi failed to deliver the said goods to the complainant and started threatening him whenever he (Sherif) reached out to him on the telephone.
“Adewumi absconded with the money but was later caught; he promised to refund the money but has failed to do so.”
The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravene sections 287, 314 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N700,000 with two responsible sureties in like sum.
She said the sureties must be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government and one of them must be a relation of the accused.
Aje-Afunwa adjourned the case till April 25 for mention.
Similarly, a 38-year-old businessman, Paul Egbomoade, was also arraigned before the court for an alleged N900,000 fraud.
He was arraigned on one count of fraud, which he pleaded not guilty to.
Nwangwu told the court that Egbomoade obtained N900,000 from the complainant, Akpan Asuquo, purportedly to invest in his business.
The prosecutor stated, “The defendant collected the money from the complainant on the pretext of investing it in his business, a representation he knew to be false.
“Egbomoade collected the money from the complainant and refused to pay back as at when due, but absconded; all efforts by the complainant to get the defendant to refund the money proved abortive.”
He added that the defendant committed the offence sometime in June 2017 on Tinubu Street, Lagos Island.
According to him, the offence contravenes Section 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Magistrate Aje-Afunwa admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two responsible sureties in like sum.
Aje-Afunwa added that the sureties must be gainfully employed and show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
She adjourned the case till April 18 for mention.
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