LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A 40-year-old man, Adeleke Abiodun, has been arraigned in a Kaduna Magistrate Court over an alleged N2.5 million visa procurement scam.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant, who resides in Barnawa in Kaduna State, was docked on charges bordering criminal breach of trust and cheating.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, told the court that one Hannah Kehinde reported the matter at the Barnawa Police Station on 18 May.
According to Leo, the defendant deceived the complainant into giving him N2.5 million under the pretext of procuring a visa for her.
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The Prosecutor alleged that the defendant misappropriated the money and did not procure the visa.
Leo added that the offence contravened Sections 233 and 214 of the Penal Code of Kaduna State, 2017.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel granted the defendant N800,000 bail with two sureties in like sum, and the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
He adjourned the case till 27 June for a hearing.