A 46-year-old businessman, Afeez Adeosun, was on Wednesday docked before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for fraudulently obtaining N200,000 from a man under the pretext of assisting him to procure German visa.
The accused, who claimed to be a visa agent, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing.
The prosecutor, Insp. Gbenga Oludare, told the court that the accused collected the money from one Rasheed Gomez on Lagos Island between 2008 and 2010.
He said that Adeosun fraudulently and unlawfully converted the money to his own personal use without processing the visa for Gomez as promised.
Oludare said that the offence contravened Sections 385 and 419 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2003.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Magistrate Mulikat Ali-Balogun granted the accused N100,000 bail with two sureties each in like sum and adjourned the case till Dec. 13, for further hearing.