A
popular Nollywood film producer, Uchenna Mbunabo, has been dragged
before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding an actress
of N1.7m. The 28-year-old producer was said to have collected the money
from Maryjane Okoye under the pretext that he would produce a film for
her.
He allegedly collected the sum since January 2012. Mbunabo was however
said to have defaulted after collecting the money from the complainant.
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The incident was said to have happened in the Victoria Garden City, Ajah area of Lagos.
The police, after arresting Mbunabo, arraigned him on Wednesday on two counts of fraud and stealing.
The charges read in part, “That you, Uchenna Mbunabo, sometimes in
January, 2012, at Victoria Garden City, Ajah, in the Lagos Magisterial
District, did with intent to defraud, unlawfully obtain the cash sum of
one million seven hundred thousand Naira (N1,700,000) from one Maryjane
Okoye, under the pretence that you will produce her movie, a
presentation you knew to be false.”
The prosecutor, Supol A. Orji, said the offences contravened and were
punishable under Sections 312(1), 285(5) (a) of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State Nigeria, 2011.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the offences.
The magistrate, Mrs S.K Matepo, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties each in like sum.
The matter was adjourned till October 7.
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