19-year-old boy in court for possession of fake naira notes

An Ikeja magistrate court has arraigned a 19-year Solomon Banabas for unlawfully being in possession of fake naira notes totalling N14,000, a crime, which contravenes Section 78 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.

Quite straight and direct, Solomon has pleaded guilty as charged.

The police prosecutor, Edet Okoi, told the Magistrate that Solomon was nabbed with the exhibit on October 11, 2012 along the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by the police ‘stop and search’ officers.

Okoi said, “The accused was stopped by the police. A search was conducted on him and fake N1,000 notes, totalling N14,000 were found on him.”

The prosecutor also avowed that the man couldn’t give any concrete reason why he was caught with the fake naira notes, thus he was apprehended and further arraigned.

However, the Magistrate J.A. Anabor, couldn’t deliver an immediate judgment on the case, as it was adjourned to October 31, 2012 for further hearing.

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