A
44-year-old man, Eseosasere Gift Osifo, yesterday appeared before an Osogbo
Magistrates’ Court for alleged impersonation and fraud.
Osifo
was in court for creating a Facebook account using details of Vice President
Yemi Osunbajo to defraud unsuspected victims.
The
Prosecutor, Mr Onoche Ekwom, Principal Legal Officer, Department of State
Services (DSS), told the court that the accused committed the offence between
January and August before he was arrested and brought to the court.
Ekwon
said the accused used the account to extort money from unsuspected victims on
several occasions before he fell prey to the last victim which led to his
arrest.
He
said the offence contravened Sections 484 and 422 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34,
Vol. 11, Laws of Osun, 2002.
The
accused pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of impersonation and fraud.
Counsel
to the accused, Mr Peter Ofoyeju, prayed the Magistrate to grant his client
bail in the most liberal terms.
The
Magistrate, Mrs Sodamade Fatimoh, granted the accused person bail in the sum
N500,000 and two sureties in the like sum.
Fatimoh
said the sureties must reside within the court jurisdiction and must have
evidence of tax payment and two passport sized photographs attached with an
affidavit of means.
She
said one of the sureties must be a civil servant on Grade level 12 and the
other a closed relations to the accused.
The
case was adjourned the case to Nov.21 for hearing.
Source:The
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