An Edo State High Court in Benin on Thursday remanded a 39-year-old man, Ewombe Lumiere, in a correctional centre over an alleged N10m fraud.
The defendant is facing a one-count charge of fraud.
The prosecutor, Polycarp Odion, told the court that Lumiere committed the offence on March 13, 2025, in Benin City, within the Benin Criminal Division.
According to Odion, the defendant, under the false pretence of importing goods to Nigeria from China, with intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N10m from one Ofure Okhiria.
He noted that the offences contravened Section 1(1)(a) and were punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud-Related Offences Act, 2004.
In a motion ex parte, citing relevant sections, Odion urged the court to remand the defendant in a correctional centre for an initial period of 14 days pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution in the state.
The presiding judge, Justice Ogbevoen, remanded the defendant in the correctional centre and subsequently adjourned the case until June 4, 2025, for hearing.
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