Moshood Yusuf, 40, was charged with N2.3 million in visa fraud on Tuesday in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The defendant, a Kawo, Kaduna, resident, is charged with one count of fraud.
But he entered a not guilty plea to the accusation.
The defendant committed the offense at Rigasa, Kaduna, at some point in March, according to the prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, who testified in court.
Leo claimed that while Rakiya Mohammed knew the defendant was lying, she was allegedly tricked into giving him N2.3 million in exchange for a three-year working visa to Dubai.
He claimed that the defendant moved after receiving the money, only to be apprehended by security personnel.
According to the prosecutor, the offense violated Section 323 of the 2017 Kaduna State Penal Code.
The defendant was granted bail in the amount of N200,000 with two sureties in an equivalent amount by Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel.
According to Emmanuel, one of the sureties needs to have proof of residency and be a blood relative.
The surety should also have three years’ worth of tax address verification, he continued.
The magistrate postponed the case’s hearing until November 16th.
