A 55-year-old man, Adekunle Micheal, was on Wednesday docked at an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court, Osun, over an alleged N600,000 land fraud.
The defendant, of no fixed address, is facing a three-count charged of fraud, stealing and breach of public peace.
The prosecutor, ASP Abdullahi Emmanuel, told the court that the defendant committed the offences in October 2021 at Oke-Ogbo Area, Ile-Ife.
Emmanuel said that the defendant obtain the sum of N600,000 from the complainant, Elufisoye Idowu, on the pretence of selling one acre of land to him.
The prosecutor said the defendant who did not sell the land to the complainant, however, converted the money to his personal use.
According to him, the offence contravene Sections 249(d), 390(9) and 419 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Magistrate, Abosede Sarumi, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Sarumi said that the sureties must swear to affidavit of means and reside within the court jurisdiction.
She also ordered that one of the sureties must be landowner and deposit the land document in the court as part of the bail conditions.
The magistrate directed that the address of the sureties must be verified, while their three recent passport photographs and three years tax clearance certificate must be submitted to the court.
The case was adjourned until Sept. 27, for hearing.
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