A Nigerian man, Michael Akpan, has been dragged
before Justice Kudirat Jose of a Lagos State High Court sitting in
Ikeja, to answer questions on how he duped a Vietnamese businessman, Kim Son, of the sum of $7, 920 (about N2m).
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
(EFCC), had swung into action and got Akpan arrested after Son had
written a petition on the scam after he had entered into a business deal
with Akpan on the Internet for the supply of cow horns but when he
waited in vain for the consignment to be shipped to him, he realised
that he had been taken and fired a petition to the EFCC.
Akpan
has been charged with a one-count charge bordering on stealing,
contrary to section 185 (1) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2011.
In
the court, Akpan admitted collecting the money but did not fulfil the
contractual obligations to the Vietnamese nor make any refund of the
money paid to him. Besides, after collecting payments for the cow horns,
he reportedly stopped communicating with the complainant.
Justice Jose ordered that he be remanded in Kirikiri maximum prison and adjourned the matter to June 18 and 22, 2015 for trial.
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