A 72-year old man, Adeyemi Kehinde, has been remanded in a correctional facility by an Iwaro-Oka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly defrauding one Ayeyi Rotimi, under the guise of helping him purchase an auctioned Hummer bus.

Kehinde was arraigned before Magistrate B.A. Ikusika on a two-count charge bordering on fraud and obtaining money under false pretence.

According to the police, the defendant, in February 2025, unlawfully obtained the sum of two million naira from Ayeyi in Akungba-Akoko, claiming it would be used to acquire the vehicle.

The prosecutor, Inspector Boboye Olasunkanmi, who sought a short adjournment, told the court that the accused has a history of committing similar offences.

The charges contravene Section 419 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

Counsel to the defendant, Prince T.M. Agbede, appealed to the court to grant his client bail on liberal terms.

However, Magistrate Ikusika declined the bail request and ordered Kehinde to be remanded in a custodial centre. The case was adjourned till May