A 42-year old man, Okocha Victor, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly using fake bank transfer to buy food stuff inside a market before he was eventually caught.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the suspect, Victor, had between 2024, February,2025 and 25th March,2026 at Arowojobe Street, Oshodi Lagos, bought items, paid with fake bank tranfer and escaped.
However, the suspect went to the same Oshodi market, bought nine and half bags of rice, some semovita, groundnut oil and maggi and did a fake transfer from his palmpay account number 7013284739 to first money wallet account number 8788986482 which was fake. The total valued of the stolen items is N1, 012, 500, 00,, property of one Lilian Nnamdi.
The matter was reported to the Police at Akinpelu Division. The suspect was then arrested and detained at the station for interrogation over his alleged conduct.
During the investigation, the Police discovered it was not his first attempt and he was found culpable. He was charged before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence which attracts several years of imprisonment.
The charge read:
“That you, Okocha Victor ‘m’, between the year 2024, February 2025, September 2025 and 25th of March, 2026, at No. 1, Arowojobe Street, Oshodi Lagos, in the Ikeja Magisterial district, did steal nine and half bags of rice, some semovita, groundnut oil and maggi and did a fake transfer from your palmpay account No. 7013284739 to first money wallet account No. 8788986482, which was fake and total valued of the stolen items was N1, 012, 500, 00,, property of one Lilian Nnamdi ‘f and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 280 and punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.”
However, he pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Supol Philip Ademigbuji, asked the Court to give a date for hearing since he pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that he actually committed the alleged offence.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O. Kusanu, granted him bail with two sureties, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and tax payment while addresses will be verified by the Court.
The matter was adjourned for mention while the defendant was remanded in custody at the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending when he will perfect his bail conditions.
