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The case of alleged £20,000 cars and N1.4m land fraud instituted against a Babcock University Lecturer, Professor Patrick Enyi, has been struck out by an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court sitting at the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court, Oyingbo, Lagos.
This follows a reguest for the withdrawal of the case by the complainant, Dr. Chocolate Obasonya.
Obasonya had in March, 2022 reported to the Police at the Zone 2 Command, Lagos that Enyi allegedly sold her two Lexus cars valued at £20,000 and her land for N1.4m and converted the proceeds to his use instead of remitting the money into her account.
Enyi, 62, was charged before the Court in charge No D/03/2022 on a three-count bordering on fraud and forgery.
Enyi pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail.
When the matter came up for mention on 21 April, 2022, the complainant, Obasonya presented an application dated 21 March, 2022 for voluntary withdrawal of the matter to the presiding Magistrate, Mrs Fowowe.
In the application, the complainant stated that the matter is a family affairs and that she had resolved it amicably in a family way with the defendant and that more importantly, she is no longer interested in pursuing the case anymore.
In her ruling, Magistrate Fowowe said; “In view of the application of withdrawal dated 21 March, 2022 and duly executed by the complainant, Dr. Chocolate Obasonya in a case of alleged £20,000 cars and N1.4m land fraud she instituted through the Police at the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, the matter is hereby struck out as prayed by the complainant under the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State of Nigeria.”