A 41-year-old man, Gbadura Temitope, on Friday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court over alleged N1.1 million fraud.
The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a two-count charge of fraud and conversion of fund.
The prosecutor, Insp Olubu Apata, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Feb. 5, 2021 in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that the defendant obtained the sum of N1.1 million from the complainant, Mr Ojo Momoh, on pretext of selling three plots of land to him, which he knew to be false.
Apata also alleged that the defendant converted the money into his own personal use.
He said that the offences contravened Sections 328 and 295 of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State, 2021.
The prosecutor asked the court for an adjournment to enable him to study the case file and present his witnesses.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.
Counsel to the defendant, Mr Oluwafemi Alabi, urged the court to grant his client bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
In her ruling, the Magistrate, Mrs Olubunmi Bamidele, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Bamidele adjourned the case until June 17 for hearing. (NAN)
