A couple, Ibrahim Dikko, 35 and Agnes Dikko, 32, were, on Thursday, arraigned before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged N3 million fraud.
The defendants, a businessman and businesswoman, whose address were not given, are facing a three-count charge, bordering on felony, advance fee fraud and stealing.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.
The Police Prosecutor, ASP Zedekiah Orogbemi, told the court that the defendants, on April 27, 2023, around 10:00 a.m., at Adidas Petrol Station in Okitipupa, Okitipupa Magisterial District, conspired to commit felony.
Orogbemi said that the couple fraudulently obtained the sum of N3 million from one Sunday Aro under the pretence of selling a plot of land to him at NDDC quarters in Okitipupa.
The prosecutor said the couple later converted the money to their personal use.
The offences, according to Orogbemi, are punishable under Sections 516, 419, 390(9) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006. READ ALSO:
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The Chief Magistrate, Mr Cletus Ojuola, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500,000 each, with one surety each in like sum.
He said that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and present evidences of two years tax payment made to the state government.
He adjourned the case till Feb. 5 for further hearing. (NAN)
