Cleric defrauds Bureau de change operator of N12m, gets N5m bail

Cleric defrauds Bureau de change operator of N12m, gets N5m bail

A 41-year-old cleric, Segun Oyeniyi, is facing trial at a Tinubu magistrates’ court, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding a Bureau de change operator of N12 million.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyeniyi pleaded innocence of the offences of conspiracy, fraud and theft preferred against him.

Police Inspector Ben Ekundayo, the prosecutor, alleged that the accused committed the offences sometime in November 2017 at Lagos Island.

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He said the accused collected $102,000 from a Bureau de change operator, Ramadan Musa, under the pretext of giving him the naira equivalent of N32 million.

According to him, the accused paid N20 million and refused to pay the balance of N12 million.

“Oyeniyi approached the complainant, a Bureau de change operator for dollars with the agreement of paying him the Naira equivalent.

“Musa made the payment of 102,000 dollars into an offshore account in November 2017 with proof of payment.

“The accused, after much pressure, paid N20 million out of the N32 million and refused to pay the balance of N12million,” he told the court.

The offences contravened Sections 287, 314 and 411 of the criminal law of Lagos state, 2015.

Section 287 stipulates three years imprisonment, Section 314 provides 15 years, while Section 411 states two years for offenders.

Ruling on the bail application of the accused, Magistrate Olumide Fusika granted the cleric N5 million bail with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case until June 28.

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Legit.ng previously reported that a Walter Sisulu University student who spent more than $63,000 of $1.1 million that was mistakenly deposited into her account appeared in court on theft charges.

Sibongile Mani, 28, was arrested by the police’s serious commercial crime unit after she was asked to turn herself in, Anelisa Feni, spokeswoman for an elite police unit, the Hawks, said.

Mani, a South African student at Walter Sisulu University in Eastern Cape Province, appeared before a magistrate court on charges of theft on Tuesday, May 29.

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Source: Legit.ng

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