The City Reporters
Police IG Abubakar
The former deputy governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu who was declared wanted by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police on June 19, 2013, for allegedly obtaining N130 million under false pretence has been arrested.
A statement signed by SFU public relations officer, Ngozi Isintume-Agu, yesterday said the ex-deputy governor was arrested at her Lagos Island residence.
The police alleged that the 67-year-old suspect connived with her son, Samson Ojikutu Jnr, who is currently in United States, to commit the fraud.
The police had on September 20 charged the duo at the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining the sum of N130 million from one Cajetan Okekearu, under the pretext of selling a plot of land to him.
They are facing a three-count of conspiracy, fraud and stealing brought against her by the police b ut the trial was stalled following the refusal of the accused person to appear in court.
The SFU statement read: “She admitted the crime but claimed that it was a genuine mistake of plot identification. She refunded of N50m to the complainant and promised to refund the balance as soon as she disposed her two properties she put up for sale. She equally made an undertaking and payment plan, from September 2012 to November 2012, but she defaulted.”
