Court remands 2 over N15m fake gold scam

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of two alleged fake gold dealers in prison custody over alleged N15 million and $5,000 fraud.  The two suspects, Mrs. Hassiya Abubakar Hassan and Olusunkanmi Banji, were remanded by Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, after they were arraigned before her court by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), […]

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of two alleged fake gold dealers in prison custody over alleged N15 million and $5,000 fraud. 

The two suspects, Mrs. Hassiya Abubakar Hassan and Olusunkanmi Banji, were remanded by Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, after they were arraigned before her court by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), on a three counts charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining under false pretence, and fraud. 

The prosecutor, Henry Obiaze, informed the court that the duo and others now on the run, sometime in November 2016, at Festac area of Lagos State, obtained the sum of N15 million, from one Aisha Sulaiman, under false pretence of selling genuine gold to her. 

The prosecutor also alleged that the duo on November 30, 2016, at Accra, Ghana, induced the fraud victim to deliver the sum of $5000 USD, to one Chief Nana Kokrange, for the purchase of genuine gold, which turned out to be fake. 

The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charge and the court adjourned the matter to December 11, for hearing of the bail applications.