Pregnant Woman Defrauds People In The Name Of 'First Lady, Patience Jonathan'

The woman whose name is Nnenna Anamowa is alleged to have defrauded 27 people of various sums of money by claiming to be an aide to the first lady.

The 34-year-old woman, of no fixed address, on Thursday, appeared before an Abuja Chief Magistrates' Court charged with impersonating as Special Adviser to the First Lady, Patience Jonathan.

She is accused of conspiring with one Fred Adi, who is now at large, to falsely obtain N50,000 from one Nwokeke Nwabueze at Custom Headquarters, Zone Three, Abuja.

"On another occasion, she falsely collected N100,000 from one Ngozi Michael by presenting a fake identity card posing to be the Special Adviser to the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria," he said.

But he accused, who pleaded not guilty, begged the court for leniency, claiming that she had just been diagnosed of three weeks old pregnancy and was also suffering from an acute asthma.

I learnt the bail was not granted.

Culled From DailyTimes