By Bartholomew Madukwe

An Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, yesterday, remanded in Ikoyi prison a cleric, Pastor Olu Fadare, pending when he will perfect his bail conditions, following his alleged involvement in a N100 million land fraud at Eti-Osa Local Government Area.

Magistrate Awogboro admitted Fadare to N5 million bail with two sureties in like sum and ordered that the sureties must provide evidence of tax payments for three years.

It was gathered that the defendant was arrested and charged with fraud under the Criminal Code by the Special Fraud Unit, SFU.

Fadare was accused of conspiring with one Adeola Ajidahun to defraud Kehinde Ola to the tune of N30 million under the false pretence of selling some plots of land in Lagos.

Ajidahun allegedly showed fake documents to convince Ola and later took him to the area in Lekki and showed him the parcels of land.

The duo were said to have defrauded one Tony Ezeoke over the land, while Ezeoke was sold a parcel of the land marked by the state government as road leading to the area.

The matter was adjourned till February 3.