Two siblings, Godwin Enahoro and Rosemary Enahoro, were on Friday arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos Island for allegedly defrauding a woman by obtaining $98,700, which is equivalent to N74.2m under the pretence of helping her recover her property.
The
defendants are facing 10 counts of conspiracy, impersonation, obtaining,
stealing, threat to life and receiving stolen property.
The
prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the first defendant
and others still at large conspired to commit the offence.
He
said the incident took place between June 7 and 13, 2023 in Lagos.
Osuji said the first defendant, on July 7, 2023, fraudulently obtained $13,500,
from one Catherin Faw.
The prosecutor also
said on June 13, the first defendant further obtained $85,200, from the
complainant.
He
accused the first defendant of falsely presenting himself to Faw as an INTERPOL
agent in a position to help her recover her property.
Osuji also told the court that the second defendant received
N10m, being proceeds of fraud, property of Faw.
The siblings pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted
bail by Magistrate E. O. Ogunkanmi in the sum of N5m each with two sureties in
like sum.
The magistrate adjourned the case till August 25, 2023, for
mention, while the defendants were remanded pending the perfection of their
bail conditions.
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