Estate agent docked over alleged N13m fraud

<p>A 49-year-old estate agent, Timothy Alonge, was on Friday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over alleged stealing and obtaining by false pretence, involving the sum of N13 million.</p>, <p>The prosecutor, Inspector Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the defendant, who resides at 4 Laggai Estate, committed the offence on March 8 at Ikeja.</p>, <p>Odugbo said that Alonge approached the complainant, Mr Olufemi Aboderin, concerning the sale of a 3-bedroom bungalow in Ogun State.</p>, <p>The complainant paid the sum of N13 million for the purchase of the property through the defendant’s bank account.</p>, <p>”The defendant refused to show the complainant the building, all efforts to get the money back from him have not yielded result,” the prosecutor said.</p>, <p>He said that the offence contravened sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.</p>, <p>The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.</p>, <p>The Magistrate, Mrs M.F Onamusi, granted him bail in the sum of N600,000 with two sureties in like sum.</p>, <p>Onamusi adjourned the case until Nov. 8 for mention.</p>, <p>(NAN)</p>