Nigerian man, Edwin Chukwudiebere Okoye who was accused of obtaining money from a woman under false pretence has been released.
Okoye has been released on Sh3 million bond or Sh2 million cash bail and has been ordered to present his passport in court.
According to a local publication, the fraud reportedly took place between May 2017 and 2018 in a Kilimani club, Nairobi.
The victim, Bella Bronislavia was reportedly defrauded by Okoye because he had a business that needed funding. Okoye also reportedly claimed to have had a tender with the government. Sh31 million was said to have been lost in the process.
The charge sheet says that the offence was committed at a club in Kilimani within Nairobi County.
The case will be mentioned on Jan 11.
In a different account of events, Nigerian National, Mauzu Bala who was recently arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, has lost his bid to recover Sh100,000 million seized by authorities.
Bala had last week moved to court claiming that the government is only interested in his money as he is yet to be charged with any offence.
But Justice James Wakiaga dismissed Bala’s application for the release of the confiscated money, saying whether he declared the currency in Nigeria before boarding the plane to Nairobi was not relevant at this stage.