Policemen attached to the Area ‘E’ FESTAC Command of the Lagos State Police Command have arraigned a 46-year-old man, Dongo Emmanuel, before an Apapa Magistrate Court, for allegedly defrauding a pharmaceutical company of the sum of N2, 918,587.00.
The police said that Emmanuel committed the offence between March 1, 2017 and December 3, 2018 at No. 73, Omotayo Omotosho Street, Dubai Estate, Amuwo-Odofin,
Lagos.
The accused person, Emmanuel, was brought to the court by Inspector Adebayo Olusada, who was attached to Area ‘E’ FESTAC Command.
The prosecutor, Inspector Benedict Aigbokhan, while reading the three-count charge against Emmanuel, said the accused person “did with intent to defraud, obtain assorted pharmaceutical drugs, valued at N2, 918, 587.00 from one Aphantee Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited, under pretence that you are going to remit the proceed to the company, which you know to be false and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 314 (1) (A) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State Of Nigeria, 2015.”
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge proffered against him.The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Joy Ugbomoiko, granted the accused person bail in the sum of N50, 000.00
In the second count charge, Aigbokhan said the accused person “did steal assorted pharmaceutical drugs, valued at N2, 918, 587.00, property of one Aphantee Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 287 (7) of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria,
2015.”
In the last count charge, the police sad that the accused person “did issue Diamond Bank Plc cheque leaflet N0: 6678997, dated 4th December 2018, in favour of one Aphantee Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited, and when presented for payment, it was dishonoured on the ground that no funds or insufficient fund was standing on the credit of the drawer of the cheque in the bank on which the
cheque was drawn and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 (b) and punishable under Section 315 (1) (b) of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria,
2015.”
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge against him. The presiding magistrate, Mrs. Joy Ugbomoiko, granted the accused person bail in the sum of N50, 000 with one tax paying surety whose address is
verifiable.
