Justice Abimbola Awogboro ordered their remand after they pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge preferred against them by officers of Force Criminal Investigation Department (Force CID) (Annex) Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, in charge numbered FHC/L/135c/2023.

Prior to their arraignment, the prosecutor, S. O. Ayodele, told the court that the defendants, some time in August 2022, conspired among themselves and fraudulently obtained the sum of N71 million from one Suleiman Jibbo, with the pretence of converting same to foreign currency.

He told the court that defendants after collecting the money from their victims, diverted same and used for their personal purposes.

Source: The Guardian