A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Isabo, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has ordered the remand of Mrs. Mercy Duru in prison.
The woman was arraigned yesterday on a three count-charge of attempted murder, impersonating as a medical doctor and obtaining by false pretense.
She will remain in prison till the next adjournment date of October 5, 2018.
The charge with reference no: MA/512c/2018 read as follows:
“That you, Mrs. Mercy Duru, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did with the intent to defraud one Mr. Olawale Hassan, falsely presented yourself as a medical doctor, working at the Federal Medical Center, Abeokuta and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 484 of the criminal law of Ogun State, Nigeria 2006.
“That you, Mrs. Mercy Duru, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did by false pretence and intent to defraud, obtained the sum of #400,000 from one Mr. Olawale Hassan on the pretence that you would use the money to buy medicine for him, which you neither bought nor refunded the money and committed an offence contrary and punishable under section 419 of the criminal law of Ogun State, Nigeria 2006”.
After reading the charges to her, of which she affirmed to understanding them, her plea was not taken.
The presiding Magistrate of Court 1, A. I. Adelaja (Mrs), ordered that she should be remanded in prison custody, while the matter was adjourned to October 5, 2018.
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