2 arraigned in Badagry over alleged N6.5m travel scam
Fraud
By Raji Rasak
Badagry (Lagos State), Dec. 22, 2025 (NAN) A man, Djorboah Abraham, and a woman, Betty Amenbley, on Monday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly obtaining N6.5 million under the pretext of procuring travel documents.
The defendants, Amenbley, 28, and Abraham, 33, whose addresses were not provided, are being charged with felony and fraud.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
The prosecutor, ASP Edet Ekpo, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on different occasions at Atinporomeh, Badagry, Lagos.
Ekpo alleged that the defendants fraudulently obtained the sum of C52,000, Ghanaian currency, equivalent to N6,576,720, from Prosper Donkor and Priscilla Dufit, the complainants, under the pretence of taking them to Poland in Europe.
He said the defendants also promised to offer the complainants employment but failed to do so; instead, they converted the money to their personal use.
He said the defendants were arrested and handed over to the police for prosecution.
“The offences contravened Sections 411 and 314 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015,” Ekpo said.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr A.J. Aina, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N1 million each, with two sureties each in the like sum.
He added that one of the sureties must be gainfully employed.
Aina adjourned the case until Jan. 27, 2026, for mention. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Chinyere Omeire