2 remanded for defrauding Kwara bizman $.4m

A magistrates’ court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has remanded a woman, Esther Shehu, and a man, David Kpanaki, for allegedly conspiring to defraud one Alhaji Kamoru Ibitoye Yusuf, owner of Kam Steel Nigeria Limited of $400,000.

They were dragged to court on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, cheating and screening an offender contrary to Sections 97, 322, 167 and 148 of the Penal Code.

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Yusuf had petitioned the registrar of the court in a direct complaint on July 18, 2023, through Tofa Ahmed and Co Solicitors and Advocates.