Man docked for allegedly obtaining N3.17m on false pretences

A 35-year-old businessman, Gabriel Achon, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly obtaining N3. 17million from one Mr Erhire Eghifo on false pretences.

The defendant, who resides at No. 5, Adewumi Close, Ikosi, Ketu, Lagos, is being tried for obtaining money through false pretences and stealing.

The prosecutor, Inspector Segun Oke, told the court that the offences were committed sometime in January at the Nigerian Army Military Cantonment, Ikeja.

He said that the defendant obtained N3.17 million from the complainant to help him to buy a Mercedes Benz ML 2008 model, which he failed to do so.

The prosecutor stated that the defendant had disappeared since then, adding that all efforts to locate him had failed.

Oke also said that the defendant had blocked the complainant  from reaching him on the phone.

According to him, the offences contravene Sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, to which he pleaded not guilty.

The Magistrate, Mrs M. C. Ayinde, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Ayinde adjourned the case until September 9 for trial.