Court remands businessman over alleged Visa scam

Magistrate Jumoke Bamigboye of an Ilorin Magistrates Court, on Wednesday, ordered a businessman, Victor Odharo, to be remanded at Oke-kura Correctional Center over alleged N415,000 visa scam.

She adjourned the case till Nov. 9 for further mention.

The defendant of Jimba Oja appeared in court on a two-count charge of Criminal breach of trust and advance fee fraud Contrary to sections 312 of Penal Code Law and section 1(3) of advance fee fraud and other related of fences.

The Prosecutor, Insp Abdullahi Sanni, told the court that the defendant deceitfully collected money from one Emeka Brown under the pretext of processing a Germany visa for him but since then he neither provided the document nor refunded the money.

He said that the defendant collected the money through his Zenith Bank account number 2174877897 and promised that the visa would be ready in two weeks time.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.