The Ogun State Police Command has dragged two persons, Alice Tojare, 26, and Adebisi Seyi, 30 before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in the state for allegedly defrauding a businessman of N508,000 through fake transfer.
The duo appeared before Mrs A . O. Adeyemi on Monday for sending a fake transfer to the businessman, Ezike Samuel, after buying goods worth N508,000 from the complainant.
The Police charged the defendants, whose addresses were not provided, with conspiracy and fraud.
According to the Police prosecutor, Insp E.O. Adaraloye, the offences were committed on March 8 at about 10, 00 a.m. at Iju area, Ota.
The prosecutor told the court that the offences contravened Sections 419 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Magistrate Adeyemi admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N200,000 each with one surety in like sum.
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Adeyemi ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment to Ogun Government.
She adjourned the court until June 22 for further hearing.
In another news, the Ward 9 Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Mr. Vincent Okokoje has slumped and died.
He reportedly died on Thursday morning.
APC Ward 12 Chairman, Comrade Gabriel Omorere confirmed the report to journalists.
He said, “we attended a meeting together at the residence of an APC leader in Warri South, Chief Ojogri on Wednesday, along Warri/Sapele road. We only got the news that he died on Thursday morning.”
Omorere said the death of Okokoje came as a shock to the APC in Warri South and Delta State in general.
He said the late Okokoje was a gentleman who loved making peace among his colleagues.
According to Omorere, “He was amongst the three Ward Chairmen who won their wards in the just concluded election in Warri South Constituency II.”
Omorere, who led a delegation of APC Chairmen in Warri South in a condolence visit to the wife, children and family of Okokoje said he will be greatly missed.
He stressed that his departure had caused a very big vacuum within the APC in Warri South, saying, “I pray we have someone like him to work hard and move the party forward.”