WILLING TON: A 37-year-old businesswoman, Joyce Okafor, was arraigned yesterday before an Ogba Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding a man of N550,000 by forging a New Zealand Visa. Okafor, who lives at Falalu Lawson area of Lagos State, is facing a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, fraud and false pretences.
The prosecutor, Inspector Vincent Atagamen, told the court that the accused committed the offences sometime last December at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. He said: “The accused allegedly collected N550,000 from the complainant, Mr. Ike Chukwuebuka, with a promise to procure him a valid New Zealand Visa.The accused, with others still at large, fraudulently collected N550,000 from the complainant, under the pretence of procuring a valid New Zealand Visa.” Atagamen added that the accused allegedly forged New Zealand Visa, with intent that it might in any way be used or acted on as genuine to the prejudice of others.
