The police in Lagos have arraigned a 30-year-old man, Celestine Pius, before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding a company of the sum of N900, 000.00.
The accused person and others at large, had allegedly conspired to obtain money from a firm, Zeek Group of Companies, under false pretence.
Pius and others are being arraigned on a three-count charge.
The prosecutor, Inspector Edet Ekpo, told the court that Pius and others now at large, at number 2, Rhodes Crescent Apapa, “did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to wit obtaining money by false pretence and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 411 of Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
The prosecutor also said the accused and others now at large “did fraudulently obtain the sum of nine hundred thousand naira (N900, 000.00) from Zeek Group of Companies on the pretext that you will help the company to arrange for a vessel a representation you know to be false and thereby committed an offence under Section 314 (1) (a) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
The police further said that Pius and others now at large “did steal the sum of nine hundred thousand naira (N900,000.00) belonging to Zeek Group of Companies and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
But the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Presiding Magistrate, N.A. Layeni, adjourned the matter.
