A forty-three-year-old businessman, Tunji Adebiyi, on Wednesday appeared before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly collecting the sum of N6 million on false pretence.
The defendant, a resident of Barnawa, Kaduna State, is facing a two-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence and theft.
The prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in July 2020 at Narayi High Cost in Kaduna.
Leo said the defendant obtained the sum of N6 million from the complainant, Mr Felix Samson, on the pretext of selling to him a three-bedroom flat located at Narayi High Cost, Kaduna.
He said the defendant collected the money from the complainant and gave him some documents which were later discovered to be fake.
The prosecutor said when the complainant got to the house, he was denied access and efforts to retrieve his money proved unsuccessful.
He said the offences violated Sections 287 and 59 of the Kaduna State Penal Code, 2017.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Chief Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He adjourned the case until September 29, 2021, for hearing. (NAN)
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