A 45-year-old man, Paul Okafor, who allegedly defrauded a woman of N4.5 million was on Thursday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court.

The defendant appeared on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud, and stealing.

He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Prosecutor, Insp. Kehinde Olatunde told the court that the defendant committed the offenses on April 3, 2021, at Abule Ado.

Olatunde alleged that the defendant and others still at large defrauded the complainant, Chiamaka Okoh, of N4.5 million.

He said that the defendant defrauded the complainant under the pretext that he was a foreigner who had a box containing dollars and needed money for chemicals to wash the said dollars.

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The alleged offenses contravene Sections 287, 313, and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. F.M. Kayode-Alamu, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties each in like sum.

Kayode-Alamu adjourned the case until April 5 for mention.