2 remanded for cloning Ambode’s phone number

Two suspects who allegedly cloned the phone number of Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode were yesterday remanded in prison by a Lagos Magistrate Court sitting in Isolo.
The suspects: Rilwanu Jamiu and Balogun Stanley Oyewole, were arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) and charged with a fraud by the state government.
The two men and others still at large were alleged to have conspired to commit felony and obtain material by false pretence on February 10, 2016.
DSS prosecuting counsel, Peter Okerinmodun, told the Chief Magistrate, Adeola Adedayo, that the suspects were arrested after using the cloned mobile line of the governor to send a text message to the Accountant General of the State requesting for transfer of N50 million.
The charge preferred against them read in part, “That you Rilwanu Jamiu, Balogun Stanley Oyewole and others at large, fraudulently cloned the Glo line number of His Excellency, the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, with intent to induce by false pretence and used the Glo line to send a text message for the transfer of a sum of fifty million naira.”
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor asked that they should be kept in custody pending the outcome of the legal advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
Magistrate Adedayo admitted them to bail in the sum of N1 million each and two sureties in like sum, but ordered them remanded in Kirikiri Prison pending the perfection of the conditions of their bail, and adjourned the matter to May 10, 2016.