Two middle aged men has appeared before an Ekiti State Magistrate Court sitting for allegedly impersonating a judge and ripping-off a victim of N500,000.
The duo, Idowu Rotimi, 59, and Suleiman Ogunjobi, 63 appeared in court on Thursday, June 24, on three count charges.
The police prosecutor, Samson Osobu, alleged that the defendants committed the offences in Ado Ekiti in February 2021.
According to Osobu, they “conspired to obtain the sum of N500,000 from one Nathaniel Aladesiun under the pretext of facilitating favourable for him judgment from a judge, while Idowu Rotimi paraded himself as a judge in Ekiti State.”
He said the offences were contrary to sections 516, 419 and 484 of the Criminal Code, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The magistrate, Mojisola Salau, while granting them bail, ruled that the defendants should remain in the custody of a correctional centre pending when their bail conditions would be perfected.
They were granted bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties each, one of who must be the monarch of their town.
The matter was adjourned till July 12, 2021, for hearing.
