THE police on Wednesday June 10, 2015 arraigned a 32-year-old man,
Lawal Lateef, in a Grade 1 Area Court, Kado, Abuja, over alleged
internet fraud. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Emmanuel Ibrahim,
Lateef who resides at No. 1 Ojo Giwa Street, Lagos State, allegedly
hacked into one Jerry Peter’s bank account and transferred the sum of N3
million. Ibrahim, who said that Peter, who lives at Ikeja, Lagos,
lodged the case at Utako Police Station, Abuja, on April 29, 2015.
Ibrahim added that the accused allegedly went to a First Bank Plc branch
to transfer the money to another account and in the process was
arrested, while his other accomplices were still at large.
The
prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 79 and 322 of the
Penal Code. However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges,
saying that the said money was his and was meant for business. According
to the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the judge, Abubakar Sadiq,
granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with a surety in like sum. Sadiq
said the surety must be a land owner within the court’s jurisdiction
and adjourned the case till June 15, 2015.
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