The police have arraigned a man, Nna Peter, in a Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja for allegedly hypnotising a business woman and stealing N540, 000.
Mr Nna is a resident of Jabi, Abuja. He has been charged with two counts of joint act and cheating.
Police prosecutor, Ijeoma Ukagha, told the court on Friday that the case was reported at the Utako Police Station on March 25 by Grace Joseph of Utako village.
The prosecutor said the complainant boarded a taxi from Utako to Banex in Wuse II sometime in August 2018.
While in the cab, the defendant told her that he had some Brazilian hair weave-ons, Golden necklace and earrings for sale.
Ukagha alleged that the defendant also told the complainant that he needed some money to “wash” and print out mint Naira notes.
”The complainant told police that the defendant hypnotised her into giving him N540, 000 to buy the chemical that would be used to wash the money.
”After collecting the money, the defendant ran to an unknown destination and converted the N540, 000 to his personal use,” she said.
According to her, the offence contravened the provisions of sections 79 and 322 of the Penal Code.
The judge, Inuwa Maiwada, admitted Nna to bail in the sum of N600, 000 with one surety in like sum.
Maiwada adjourned the case until May 6.
