Court remands BDC operator for fraud

A 57-year-old Bureau de Change operator, Eze John, was on Monday remanded in police custody by an Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing money by false pretences and for possessing fake US dollars.

The defendant was said to have given fake dollars worth N2.6m to one of the complainants, Saheed Sulaiman, in December 2020. However, luck ran out on him on October 9, 2023, when the complainant saw him and alerted policemen who went to his house at No 11 Enuma Street, Ogba, and arrested him.

The Bureau De Change operator was said to have defrauded others.

The prosecutor from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Umar Bello, who appeared in court with a remand application requested the court to remand the defendant till the completion of the police investigation.

Granting the prosecutor’s request, the accused was not granted bail.

The presiding Chief Magistrate, Bola Folarin-Williams, directed that the suspect be remanded in police custody, and his case file transferred to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the state for legal advice.

The matter was adjourned till November 7, 2023, for a report of compliance and the DPP advice.

Source: punch