By ONOZURE DANIA

IKEJA—A 49-year-old man, Alakpa Anthony, has been arranged before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for defrauding two men of N5.9 million.

He was accused of collecting the money from one Ifeanyi Amaku and one Chukwudi Uzodemma at different times.

According to the prosecutor, Mr. Barth Nwaokeye, the accused  had on April 4, 2010 and February 14, 2008 collected N5.9 million under false pretence, adding that Anthony had claimed that he was a food technologist and promised to help get contracts for the victims.

The accused pleaded not guilty. The magistrate, Mr. Olufemi Isaac, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties.