Kenyan, Nigerian charged with obtaining money falsely

By Collins Kweyu

A Nigerian national Gideon Nuka Gbaravopnu at a Milimani court where he was charged alongside a Kenyan Seth Steve Okute with obtaining money falsely from an Italian national [Collins Kweyu, Standard

A Nigerian and a Kenyan were yesterday charged with obtaining money from an Italian by pretending that they would facilitate him with logistics to transfer gold to Dubai.

Gideon Nuka Gbaravopnu from Nigeria and Seth Okute appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi and denied the charge.

They were charged that on diverse dates between January 1, 2021 and April 30, 2021 at DTB, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport branch, they jointly with others not before court with intent to defraud obtained Sh19.7 million from Lewis Ikenna, an Italian, by falsely pretending that they were in a position to facilitate the transfer of 2,000kg of gold to Dubai, a fact they knew to be false or untrue.

Andayi released them on a bond of Sh1 million or a cash bail of Sh600,000 each. Gbaravopnu was also ordered to deposit his passport at the court.