Suspected Yahoo Boy Docked For Forging Foreign Drivers’ Documents
A 33 year-old suspected yahoo boy, David Peter, was Tuesday, arraigned before an Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly forging a foreign driving documents.
Peter, a resident of 19/21 Shangijimi Street, Oko-oba, Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, according to the men of Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID) Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, allegedly forged an American driving document titled “Tennessee Commercial Driver License” which he intend to use in defrauding unsuspecting foreigners.
Arraigning the suspect in court on Tuesday, the prosecutor, Barrister Morufu Animashaun, told the court that suspect was arrested upon receiving a petition from his landlord, Ismail Surajudeen, on a false information he made against him which led to his prosecution.
Animashaun told the court that upon receiving the petition, the suspect was invited for interrogation and that it was during interrogation that the said forged documents were found on him. Adding that when enquired about the documents, he told the police that he intend using it for illegal act.
The prosecutor told the court that following his owning up to the alleged crime, the suspect was brought before the court on charges bordering on forgery, fraud and conduct likely to cause breach of public peace.
The offences according to the prosecutor are punishable under sections 325, 366(1)(2)(3) and 168(d) of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Following his plea, the magistrate, Mrs. O. O. Oshin, admitted him to bail in the sum of N250, 000, with two sureties I’m like sum.
Magistrate Oshin also ordered the sureties who must be residents of Lagos State to furnish the court with three years tax payable to the Lagos State government, meaning of livelihood and their addresses, which must be verified by the prosecutor.
The matter has been adjourned till February 22, 2019, for trial.
