Friday, 11 July 2014
29-year-old
man, Zeblon Henry, charged with fraud was yesterday, arraigned before a chief
magistrate’s court in Akure, Ondo State.
The accused,
who resides in Shagari Village, Akure, is alleged to have takenN120,000 from
one Owolabi Sunday under false pretence.
The
prosecutor, Cpl. Akeem Durojaiye, told the court that the accused committed the
offence at about 1 p.m. on June 13 at 2nd Avenue, Shagari Village, Akure.
Durojaiye said
that the accused collected the money from Sunday under the pretence that he would
provide admission for him at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
He said that
the offence contravened Section 419 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Vol.1 Laws of
Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.
The accused,
who had no legal representation, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The
magistrate, Mr Adebisi Daomi, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000
and one surety in like sum.
He ordered
that the surety must be a responsible citizen of the state, and adjourned the
case till August 8 for hearing.
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This is another predator preying on poor students desperate to get a higher education to seek future blue collar jobs.. People like this should be sentenced like murderers after all they are stealing a childs future, its almost as bad as killing!
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