Poultry farm manager faces N160,000 fraud charge

A 30-year-old poultry farm manager, Stephen Nwachi, on Thursday, appeared before an Okitipupa magistrates’ court in Ondo State over alleged N160,000 fraud.

The police prosecutor, ASP Zedekiah Orogbemi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on June 24, at a poultry farm opposite Zomelo Hotel on Okitipupa-Aye Road in Okitipupa.

Orogbemi said that the defendant fraudulently obtained the sum of N160,000 from one Morenike Orukotan under the pretext of supplying crates of eggs to her but failed to do so.

The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 419 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Cap.37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006.

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The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Magistrate, Mr Philip Akinlosetu, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case to September 17, for further hearing. (NAN)