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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Wednesday arraigned a 50-year-old accountant, Rasak Adeniji, over alleged involvement in fraud, conspiracy, and unlawful eviction.
The accountant was arraigned before a Yaba Magistrates' Court, presided over by Magistrate A.O. Olatunbosun on seven counts charge slammed against him by the Police Force CID, Alagbon, Lagos.
Adeniji was specifically docked on allegations of conspiracy, misrepresentation of fact, stealing, and unlawful eviction.
In his address before the court, the prosecution counsel, Morufu Animashaun argued that the defendant (Adeniji), who was the accountant at Damtina Stores Limited, conspired with others at large to commit the offence between September to December 2018 in Lagos.
Animashaun further informed the Magistrate that the 50-year-old defendant with others at large conspired among themselves to commit felony to defraud Damtina Stores Limited of its property and wrote two letters to Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) on the 28th September 2021 with the letterhead of Damtina Stores Limited without authorisation of the company.
The lawyer equally contended that Adeniji lied before the Magisterial District Court in Epe which led to the wrongful eviction of one Jonathan Agwu.
According to Animashaun, “The defendant intentionally misrepresented facts to his honour, Magistrate H.O. Amos sitting at Court 3, Epe, Magisterial District, falsely testified that one Jonathan Agwu was not a subsisting tenant of the No.18, Abibu Oki Street, Lagos Island, which led to his unlawful eviction.”
The police equally intimated to the court that sometime between September to December 2018, the defendant collected the sum of N250,000.00 from Paulijyk Interbiz Limited to fast-track the lease and falsify documents of Damtina Stores Limited to favour Paulijyk Interbiz Limited and also stole N10 million his employer.
The offence, according to the police, is contrary to and punishable under Section 325(1), 370(a)(b), and 412 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State Nigeria, 2015.
Animashaun also said the offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 287(8), 96(a), and Section 83(b) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.
But the defendant pleaded not guilty, prompting Animashaun to pray the court to remand him at the Correctional Centre pending the determination of the suit and asked for an accelerated hearing of the case.
But responding, the defendant's lawyer, Mr. O. Olusumade, urged the court to grant his client bail.
After entertaining arguments from lawyers, Magistrate Olatunbosun admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum.
Magistrate Olatunbosun directed that one of the sureties must be a blood relation of the defendant, and the second surety must be a landowner within the jurisdiction of the court.
In ordering that the addresses of the two sureties be verified, the Magistrate declared that the defendant is remanded at Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending the perfection of his bail, and subsequently adjourned until February 27, 2023.
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