A Nigerian lady by the name of Blessing Arowojobe has being arrested by the EFCC for a fraud case to the tune of N7,065,000 (Seven Million and Sixty Five Thousand Naira). It was reported that she defrauded a person who she approached with a business proposal in January 2018 for the procurement of ‘garri’and cassava from Edo State.The defendant, however, allegedly diverted the money to her personal use. The count reads: "That you, Blessing Aishatu Arowojobe, between February 3 and February 22, 2018 at Lagos, within the Ikeja judicial Division, by false pretence and
with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N7, 065,000 (Seven Million, and Sixty-Five Thousand Naira) from one Tim Onyeator by falsely representing to him that it was the cost of ‘garri’ business and purchase of plots of land for cassava plants, which pretence you knew to be false." The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charge when it was read to her. In view of her plea, the prosecuting counsel, Franklin Ofoma, asked the court for a trial date and also prayed that the defendant be remanded in prison custody. Blessing Arowojobe is still in the custody of the EFCC until her lawyer G.A. Elebhose is able to file a bail application on behalf of his client. The case has being adjourned to the 23rd of January 2019.
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