Esther Salifu
Victoria Effiong a 25 years old fashion designer was arrested for breach of peace , cheating and obtaining by false pretenses after collecting the sum of 2.8 million naira from her boyfriend for marriage and refused to marry him .
The police prosecutor, Inspector Chinedu Njoku, told the magistrate state in Lagos that the incident occurred on September 25, 2024, at 10 a.m. at Ajanaku Street, Isashi.
According to the prosecutor, the offences committed are punishable under Sections 168, (1d), 322, and 314 (2) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015.
Njoku stated , “Effiong unlawfully cheated the complainant, Dominic Asuquo, by obtaining the sum of N2,866,000 under the pretext of agreeing to marry him, but she failed to follow through.”
It was disclosed that the situation escalated when Asuquo discovered that Effiong was planning to marry another man, despite having introduced him earlier to her parents, who were aware of their relationship.
She admitted to receiving the iPhone, a smaller phone worth N20,000, money, and other items but insisted that she had told Asuquo to stop sending her money because she was uncomfortable with it.
Magistrate Ogun granted her a bail of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
