A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Jerry Ogunsakin, has been brought before the Federal High Court, in Lagos for alleged unlawful conversion of N128m.
Ogunsakin was arraigned on Thursday on three counts of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and unlawful conversion levelled at him by the Special Fraud Unit.
The defendant, according to the police prosecutor, Chukwu Agwu, committed the offences on November 15, 2022.
Justice Chukwuejekwu Aneke heard from Agwu that the accused cop conspired with five people, Ogbu Patricia aka Lamba, Michael Babatunde aka Orija, Bolaji Sobande aka Barrister Onifade, Peter Ben and Idris Wada aka Coker, who are all at large.
The prosecutor told the court that the six men swindled a businessman, Esomonu Everest of the said sum, under the guise that they have United States dollars to sell.
The offence committed contravened Section 8(a) which is punishable under Section 1(3)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006 and Section 15(2)(b) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 as Amended in 2012.
The charge, was however denied by Ogunsakin, with Justice Aneke ordering his remand and adjourning the case till July 19.
