The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a 35-year-old man Chukwudi Ajaegbu before the Ogba Magistrate Court.
Ajaegbu was arrested for allegedly obtaining $11,000 fraudulently from one Austine Ukaoha in the Ikeja area of Lagos State.
According to The PUNCH, he was charged with three counts, and was arraigned before Magistrate F.M. Onamusi of the Ogba Magistrate Court in Lagos State.
The defendant was accused of conspiring to steal and commit a felony with others who are still at large in 2015, violating Section 411 of the Lagos State Criminal Laws of Nigeria.
The defendant and other people who are still at large conspired to obtain the money using false pretences, according to the police, sometime in 2010 on Bread Fraint Street in the Balogun neighbourhood of Lagos.
The charges read in part, “That you, Chukwudi Ajaegbu, on the same date, time and place, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did fraudulently obtain the sum of $11,000 from one Austine Ukaoha, under the pretence of importing goods from China, the presentation known to be false, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 314 (3) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria 2015.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges as Magistrate Onamusi adjourned the matter till December 7, 2022.
