Chukwudi Ajaegbu, 35, was prosecuted before the Ogba Magistrate’s Court for allegedly collecting $11,000 illegally from one Austine Ukaoha in Lagos State’s Ikeja region.
Ajaegbu was charged with three charges and appeared in front of Magistrate F.M. Onamusi.
The defendant and others at large were accused of conspiring to conduct felony, namely theft, an offence punishable under Section 411 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria 2015.
According to the police, sometime in 2010 on Bread Fraint Street, in the Balogun area of Lagos, the defendant, with others at large, conspired among themselves to obtain the sum under false pretences.
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The charges read in part, “That you, Chukwudi Ajaegbu, on the same date, time and place, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did fraudulently obtain the sum of $11,000 from one Austine Ukaoha, under the pretence of importing goods from China, the presentation known to be false, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 314 (3) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria 2015.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Magistrate Onamusi adjourned the matter till December 7, 2022.
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