Punch Agent defrauds 12 prospective tenants of N4m SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 BY SAMSON FOLARIN The police have arraigned one Alhaji Lukman Adewole before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding 12 prospective tenants of N4, 060,000. Adewole, who was arraigned on 24 counts of fraud and stealing, was said to have collected sums ranging from N100, 000 to N850,000, from the people who had approached him for accommodation. The defendant was said to have collected the money for a property located at Folaranmi Street in the Egbe area of Lagos. However, after payments were made, the accommodation seekers discovered that they had been duped. The charge read in part, “That you, Alhaji Lukman Adewole, m, on October 18, 2012 at No 4, Folaranmi Street, off Liasu Road, Egbe-Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, with intent to defraud, did fraudulently obtain the sum of N850,000 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) from one Soji Ekundayo, m, under the pretext that you are able to let a mini flat apartment at No 4 Folaranmi Street, off Liasu Road, Egbe, Lagos, a representation you knew to be false. “That you Alhaji Lukman Adewole, m, on the same date, time and place in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did dishonestly steal the sum of N850,000 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) property of Joseph Orakwe.” The prosecutor, Mr. Richard Odige, said the offences were contrary to Sections 312 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011. The defendant said he was not guilty of the 24 counts charge. His counsel pleaded that he should be admitted on bail “in the most liberal terms.” The magistrate, Ms S.O. Solebo, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1m with two sureties in like sum. The matter was adjourned till October 2.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 07:50:56 +0000