The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, today arraigned one Omotayo Tapere before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on a two-count charge bordering on possession of document containing false pretence and forgery.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Omotayo Tapere (aka Robert Fine), sometime in 2018 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, had in your possession fraudulent email sent from [email protected], your email account to Fredrica Fox through her email,[email protected] titled “I am in love”, professing love to her, a representation you knew to be false.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him.
In view of his plea, prosecution counsel, M.A. Bashir, asked for a trial date and prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody pending the determination of the case.
Counsel to the defendant, Oye Akanni, however, told the court that a bail…
