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The police in Lagos have arraigned a website designer, Ikechukwu Iwezor, in an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding a blogger to the tune of N1.7m.The 28-year-old Iwezor was brought before the magistrate, Mrs. F.F. George, on Monday on three counts of fraud.The police said Iwezor and the blogger, Ola Akinlayo, met on Nairaland, a social media platform, sometime in September 2015, and started a discussion on website designs.PUNCH Metro learnt that after reaching an agreement, Iwezor obtained N1.7m from the blogger for the purpose of designing a website for him.Iwezor, however, reportedly fled to Abuja after the payment.Akinlayo was said to have reported the matter to the police after efforts to get his money back proved abortive.Our correspondent learnt that Iwezor was subsequently apprehended at Sauka, Abuja.A police prosecutor, Sergeant Innocent Odugbo, who arraigned him on three counts of conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretences and stealing, told the court that the offences were punishable under sections 409, 312 (2) and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.The charges read in part, “That you, Ikechukwu Iwezor, between September 2015 and April 8, 2016 in Lagos, within the Lagos Magisterial District, did commit felony to wit: stealing and obtaining money under false pretences.“That you, with an intent to defraud, did obtain the sum of N1.7m from one Ola Akinlayo, on the pretext of helping him to design a website, a representation you knew to be false.”The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.His counsel, Danielle Abbe, prayed the court to grant him bail on liberal terms, adding that he was innocent until proved guilty.The presiding magistrate granted the defendant bail in the sum of N300,000, with two sureties in like sum.She added that the sureties must show evidence of three years tax clearance and present their addresses to the prosecutor for verification

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Abeg they should leave Ikechukwu Iwezor alone. He was only trying to develop Nairaland

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interesting...
masters of scam got scammed.
same way my guy was scamned over 800k by yoloba.
my guy nearly died of hrtbreak.

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Appland:
Hmmmm
So many scammers are in that section, defrauding Nigerians in the name of selling Adsense account

Check my signature for cheap data

I for like buy data but with this Ikechukwu matter, I must have a rethink

bi eni to ba esu naja ni
tani ye ba won dowo po
o sun owo nina

Lol, both home and away, them be champion!

hh

I for like buy data but with this Ikechukwu matter, I must have a rethink

Economy hard

People should be wary of who they meet online
Same way one Bosun davies shoyoye known as brabus/next in the properties section has been defrauding unsuspecting clients giving them fake plans and stealing materials from site

Yorubas always falling mugu


If na to kill and dismember people for rituals, their ingenuity will be on display

He should rot JAIL if found guilty.

Na was OK
one can't do business online again

Dis news no deserve frontpage?

Nairaland Den of Scammers....

I just pray ritualist dont come in here too inorder to source for market...

Mumu how can you scam someone of 1.7m in dis buhari era....you're truly wicked.

BoleynDynaSTY:
Mumu how can you scam someone of 1.7m in dis buhari era....you're truly wicked.

Finders keepers

LecciGucci:
interesting... masters of scam got scammed. same way my guy was scamned over 800k by yoloba. my guy nearly died of hrtbreak.

Na dem dem !!! all hail the Israelites.

Nairaland...