The police in Lagos today arraigned a 22
year old car painter, Taiye Obakoya, before
Mrs J. O. Adepoju of the Igbosere
Magistrates’ Court, for absconding with one
of his customers, Dada Emmanuel's N1
million mistakenly transferred to his account
on October 20th. Obakoya who resides at No.
26 Awolowo Street, Oworosoki, Lagos,
absconded the money and was arrested after
spending N150,000 from the money.
Prosecuting Sergeant Nicholas Akpene told
the court that Dada Emmanuel had employed
the services of Obakoya and asked for an
account number to pay him his money after
he completed his painting job. Dada while
trying to credit the account, mistakenly did a
mobile phone money transfer of N1m from
his bank account to the Guaranty Trust Bank
(GTB) account of Obakoya.
“After discovering the error, he phoned
Obakoya and pleaded with him not to tamper
with the money, but the defendant assured
him that no such amount was credited to his
account. The next morning, the defendant
refused to pick his calls and when the
complainant checked him at home and at his
workshop under the bridge at Obalende,
Obakoya wasn’t there. The complainant then
reported the matter to GTB, which placed a
restriction on Obakoya’s account after
confirming that the N1m was successfully
transferred to it and that he had already
withdrawn N150,000 from it.”
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