A 46-year-old man, Tamuoibiten David, was on Tuesday dragged before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly obtaining N7.5 million under the pretext of supplying diesel to a client.
The police in the state charged the defendant with conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretences and stealing but he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Otitoju, granted the defendant bail in the sum of one million Naira with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case until Aug. 22 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Courage Ekhueorohan, told the court that the defendant and one other person at large committed the offences in March 2022 at No. 6 Obasholu Street, Surulere, Lagos State.
Ekhueorohan alleged that the defendant fraudulently obtained N7.5 million from the complainant, Mr Stephen Nwagbala, on the pretext of supplying diesel to him.
He said the defendant and his accomplice converted the money to their personal use and continued to give excuses for not supplying the diesel.
The alleged offences contravene Sections 287, 314 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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In a different development, two persons died in the early hours of Tuesday in two crashes along the Lagos-Ibadan highway.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said one of the crashes occurred at 12 midnight, around Heyden Petrol Station, involving two male adults.
“Unfortunately, one person was recorded dead from the crash and the second person unhurt,” the FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said.
Okpe said the vehicle involved was unidentified, stating that “it was a case of hit-and-run. The corpse was deposited at Idera morgue Sagamu.”
The second road crash, Okpe, said, occurred at about 04:25 am, around Tollgate on the Sagamu-Abeokuta route.
Okpe disclosed that the Mack tipper truck (JBD483ZY) involved was speeding, which led to a loss of control.
“The suspected cause of the lone crash was speed, which led to a loss of control, and the vehicle crashed.
“Two male adults were involved. One was killed and the other unhurt. The corpse was deposited at Idera morgue, Sagamu,” Okpe explained.