An Osun State Magistrate’s court sitting in Ede has remanded a female Law student of the Adeleke University, Ede, Amah Yangu Rose, in prison for allegedly swindling two men of the sum of N1.5million.
The accused person, aged 45, was said to have committed the offence on May 30, 2017 at Aisu area in Ede, a stone throw from her campus.
According to the charge sheet, Rose obtained N710,000 from one Ogunniyi Gbadebo and another 800,000 from one Giwa Ayodeji with pretence to supply them 633 bags of Dangote Cement, but allegedly failed to do so.
The offence was said to have contravened Section 419 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2003.
The accused person was said to have owned up to the allegations and had promised to refund the money through the court.
When the case came up in Ede Magistrate’s Court on Monday, the prosecutor, Mr. A. Samson, informed the court that the accused person promised to bring N500,000 to the court, but failed to do so.
The prosecution told the court that the accused sent N50,000 as against the N500,000 she promised, noting that she did not send any representation to the court.
The prosecution, however, urged the court to issue a bench warrant against her and her sureties to appear in court.
Also, Mrs. Ogunniyi Omoniyi, who held the brief for the complainant, said the accused was granted long adjournment to enable her pay the amount she promised.
She urged the court to uphold the prayer of the prosecutor and issue bench warrant against the accused.
The presiding Magistrate, Mr. Asimiyu Adedayo, said that the accused person had no reason to absent from court without sending representative.
He, thereby, revoked the bail granted the accused person and ordered that she should be arrested and remanded in Ilesa prison till January 25, 2018, when the matter would come up in court.
