The Economic and Financial Crime Control, EFCC, has arraigned an undergraduate Austin Onyekachukwu before a Federal High Court Osogbo, for impersonating a woman.
The prosecutor, Mr Sulaeman Basheer, told the court that the defendant impersonated an American Lady, Lucy to gain advantage and thereby committed an offence.
Mr Basheer alleged that the defendant committed the offence between August 2018 and June 2019 in Osogbo, Osun State.
The defendant was also said to have had some documents in his possession, where he represented himself as Lucy, an American lady.
Prosecution stated that the offence contravened the provision of Section 6 and punishable under section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud.
Meanwhile, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the two count charges of impersonation and fraud preferred against him by the EFCC.
His Counsel, Mr Olanrewaju Jayeoba, told the court that he was an undergraduate and pleaded with the court to grant him bail.
Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, thereby granted him bail in the sum of ₦500,000 with one surety in like sum.
Justice Ayoola said the father of the defendant should stand for him and produce him in court on Wednesday November 11, 2020 for trial.
The judge also ordered the father of the defendant to depose to affidavit of means and sign undertaken.
Akinola Adenitan
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