A Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ajah has remanded a 42-year-old lawyer, Nzeteh Reagan, in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre for failing to produce a suspect, Simon Odeh, involved in a N16m fraud.
The PUNCH reported that the lawyer was remanded on Wednesday by Magistrate O. M. Daramola, after he was arraigned on one count of conspiracy, obstruction and prevention of justice, charges levied against him by the prosecuting counsel.
While addressing the court, the prosecutor, Inspector Chinedu Njoku, said that the defendant committed the offence on October 1, 2022, at Ilasan Police Station, Jakande, in the Lekki area of the state.
He said, “Reagan conspired with one Simon Odeh to obstruct, prevent and pervert the course of justice by taking Odeh on bail having known that he was involved in a case of obtaining about N16m by false pretence and refused to produce the said Odeh till date.”
The case was, thereafter, adjourned till January 2, 2023.
