Crime
Court remands businessman over alleged N9m fraud
A High Court in Kaduna on Wednesday ordered that a businessman, Balarabe Sadiq, be remanded in a correctional facility for alleged N9m fraud.
Justice Darius Khobo ordered that the defendant should be remanded until July 5.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna Zonal Office, dragged Sadiq before the court for allegedly obtaining the money under false pretence.
The EFCC Prosecution Counsel, Precious Onyeneho, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in September 2021, at NPC Estate, Millennium City in Kaduna.
Onyeneho said that the defendant fraudulently obtained the sum from the complainant Malam Garba Usman, under the false pretence of developing a three-bedroom flat for him.
The prosecution alleged that when Usman demanded his money back after the defendant failed to deliver the flat, the defendant kept giving flimsy excuses.
Onyeneho said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offence Act 2006.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
(NAN)