Shegae;:Man Loses Land And Millions To Trusted Friends In Lagos

A man, Emmanuel Akachukwu, who
went abroad for greener pasture and
entrusted his property to his trusted
friends, has allegedly been
defrauded by the friends in Lagos
State, western Nigeria.
The friends, Paul Okoye, 47, and
Okeke Nnanwanya, 42, have been
arrested and charged before Isolo
Magistrates’ court with fraud and
stealing under the Criminal Code.
The alleged fraud took place at 32,
Abayomi street, Itire, Lagos where
they met and lived before
Akachukwu travelled abroad.
Enugu state-born Akachukwu, while
travelling abroad in 1997, entrusted
his landed property located at Itire to
the suspects to look after. And while
he was in abroad, he also sent to
them $4,000 to develop the property.
P.M.NEWS gathered that they made
him to believe that all was well and
the property had been developed.
Akachukwu who spent several years
in abroad recently returned to
Nigeria and was confronted by a big
shocker.
According to him, the landed
property had been sold while the
money he sent to them to develop
the property was allegedly shared
between the suspects.
When Akachukwu went to the place
where the property was located, he
discovered it was developed by
another person.
When he confronted his friends and
demanded for his property, they told
him that they were facing challenges
when he was not around and sold
the property and shared the money
including the dollars he sent to them.
They told him they did not want to
inform him about what happened on
phone but decided to wait until he
returned before they could explain
to him.
Shocked by their action, Akachukwu
went to Itire police station and
reported what happened.
Paul Okoye and Okeke Nnanwanya
were arrested and taken to the
station where they reportedly
confessed and promised to refund
the money.
When they failed to refund the
money, they were charged to court
for the alleged offence.
They pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs Joy
Ugbomoiko granted them bail in the
sum of N1 million each with two
sureties in like sum who must show
evidence of tax payment for three
years.
The court also ordered that the
sureties must deposit N100,000 in
the chief registrar’s bank account
until the matter was dispensed of.
Okoye and Nnanwanya were
remanded in prison custody pending
when they will perfect their bail.
The matter was adjourned till 25
January, 2016.