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A 25-year-old woman, Yakubu Ifedayo, was on Wednesday remanded in a correctional centre in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State over alleged N4.5 million fraud.

Yakubu was ordered to be remanded by an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court until 23 June 2024 when the case will come up for mention.

The police prosecutor, Insp Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence between July 2023 and April 2024 in Ado-Ekiti.

 

Akinwale alleged that the defendant obtained the sum of N4.5 million from Ogungbemi Ayodeji.

 

He said that, the defendant collected the amount from the complainant, who stays in Dubai, who happened to be her fiancé for the preparation of their wedding.

 

In the process, the defendant cut off the line of the complainant and since then, she was not reachable.

Oriyomi said that the offence contravened Section 329 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State 2021.

He urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him study the file and assemble his witnesses.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against her.

Counsel to the defendant, Mr Akinbobola Akingbade, urged the court to grant the defendant bail, with a promise that she would not jump bail.

The prosecutor opposed the bail application, saying there is likelihood the defendant will jump bail, because she disappeared immediately the offence was committed.

 

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Olarewaju Owoleso, consequently, ordered the remand of the defendant in the correctional centre.

He adjourned the case until June 13, for mention.

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