By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
POLICE have arrested a woman who allegedly swindled a footballer under the pretence of securing a visa for him to join a Belgian Football Club.
Stonix News gathered that 45-year-old Titilola Ojekunle has been arraigned before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court, Ibadan, for allegedly swindling Duru Ikechukwu.
The woman obtained the money in question from the victim and promised to get him a Belgian visa in order to play in the European country.
However, after collecting the money, she absconded, did not procure any visa or refund his money.
The matter was reported to the police. She was arrested and detained for interrogation over her alleged conduct.
She was found culpable after rounds of interrogation and charged before the Court for conspiracy, fraud and stealing under the Criminal Laws of the State.
The Prosecutor, Akeem Akinloye, told the Court that the defendant conspired with others now at large and committed the offence sometime in June, at No. 15, Lemon Lane, Arulogun, Akobo area of Ibadan.
Akinloye stated that the defendant knew that the representation he made to the complainant was false and stole the money from him and the alleged offences contravened the provisions of Sections 390 (9), 419 and 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
She, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Olabisi Ogunkanmi, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N2.5 million with two sureties in like sum, which one surety must be a landed property owner with building plan, while the second surety must be a blood relation to the defendant.
The matter was adjourned till 5th March, 2025 for hearing while the defendant was remanded in custody pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.
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