A 36-year-old man, Mr Aina Kehinde, was, on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining a total sum of N5,126,000 from two victims.
Kehinde, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of fraudulently obtaining and attempted obstruction of justice.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Glory Godday, told the court that the defendant committed the offences between October and December 2021.
Godday said that the defendant had, in October 2021, fraudulently obtained a sum of N2,126,000 from one Mr Victor Adeyemo of No. 3, Osho Street, Oko-Oba area of the state.
She added that the defendant, in December 2021, at No. 148, Adeshina Elemide Street, Agric road, Oko-Oba, also fraudulently obtained N3,000,000 from one Mr Awodola Oludolapo.
The prosecutor also stated that the defendant, in December 2021, tried to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the cause of justice by running away from Lagos to Ogun after collecting the money from his victims.
According to her, the offences contravene the provisions of and punishable under Sections 314(3) and 97(3) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Odufuji, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1 million, with two sureties in like sum.
She ordered that the two sureties must be gainfully employed, with evidence of tax payment.Odufuji, thereafter, adjourned the case till August 16.