An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates Court, presided over by Mr Abdulhamid Lawal, on Wednesday remanded 29-year-old Adeyemi Feranmi in a correctional home over alleged identity theft and cyber fraud.
Lawal, thereafter, adjourned the case until Nov. 22 for mention.
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The defendant, whose address was not provided, had pleaded not guilty.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Teramo Caleb said that the defendant committed the offence on Oct. 4 in Ado Ekiti.
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Caleb said that the defendant, who operated a fake legal firm, acted as a lawyer to defraud Buhari Temitope of N2 million.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Sections 22 and 14 of the Cyber Crime (Prohibition Prevention) Act 2015.
