The Osun State Police Command has arraigned a 120- year – old man , Chief Busari Oyewumi, for allegedly defrauding one Wasiu Adebisi of N 400,000.
The suspect was arraigned before a Chief Magistrate ’ s Court in Osogbo headed by Mrs. Fatima Sodamade on Monday on three counts of stealing , obtaining by false pretences and conspiracy .
The police prosecutor , Mr. Taiwo Adegoke, told the court that the suspect and others at large conspired together and fraudulently obtained the sum of N 400 ,000 from Adebisi on the pretext of selling a plot of land to him .
The charges read in part, “That you, Chief Busari Oyewumi , and others now at large , sometime in 2015 at the back of the Powerline area , Osogbo, in the Osogbo Magisterial District , did fraudulently obtain the sum of N 400, 000 from one Alhaji Ganiyu Adebisi on behalf of his son , Adebisi Wasiu , on the pretext of selling a plot of land to him measuring 50 by 1000 feet, knowing that your intention was to defraud him of his money , thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 419 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II Laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2003. ”
The suspect pleaded not guilty and his counsel , Mr. Soji Oyetayo , prayed the court to admit him to bail in liberal terms.
The chief magistrate , in her ruling , granted the bail application with one surety and adjourned the case to March 1 for hearing .
