The Nigeria Police has arraigned a Bureau-de-Change operator, Dean Orivri, before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining the sum of N130.5 million from a customer under false pretences.
The defendant, Orivri, was docked on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and fraud.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Steven Molo told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offences on May 14, at Ariyo Street off Admiralty Lekki, Lagos.
He said that the defendant obtained the said sum from one Mr Olufemi Ekwuyasi, on the pretext of giving Ekwuyasi the Dollar equivalent of the money.
According to the prosecutor, the defendant did not give the complainant the Dollar equivalent of the said money instead converted it to his own use.
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Inspector Molo said that the actions of the defendant contravened Sections 287, 314(1) (3) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to all the counts.
Counsel to the defendant, Mr Emmanuel Okedi, urged the court to grant bail to the defendant, citing a portion of the Constitution which presumed an accused innocent until proven otherwise.
The Magistrate, Mrs Folashade Botoku, however, ordered that the defendant be remanded in Zone 2 Police station.
She ordered the defendant to make a formal bail application and adjourned the case until July 28 for mention.
