A 37-year-old civil engineer, Sampson Adesope, on Friday appeared in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding his fiancee of N11 million using fake investment.
Samson Adesope, whose address was not provided, is charged with two counts of fraud and unlawful conversion in which he pleaded not guilty.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Abbass Abayomi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 24, at Bello Street in Surulere, Lagos.
Abayomi alleged that the defendant collected the N11 million from the complainant, Miss Victory Alibor, with a promise to invest it in coal business, a representation he knew was false.
He alleged that Adesope did not invest the money as promised but converted it to his personal use.
The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 280 (a) and 314, (1) (a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Magistrate C.J. Momodu admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N2 million with two sureties in like sum.
Momodu ordered that the sureties must be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payments to Lagos State Government.
