A 53- year-old teacher on Grade Level 10, Asogbon Victoria Abosede, was Thursday, arraigned before Lagos Chief Magistrate's Court One, sitting in Ikeja, for allegedly impersonating the first lady of Lagos State, Dame Abimbola Fashola.
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The defendant was said to have sent text messages between June and July to the Chairman of Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of Lagos by falsely presenting herself as first lady of Lagos State and obtained N100,000 from the chairman. Asogbon Victoria Abosede
The defendant who is facing a 10-count charge of impersonation and fraud, preferred against her by the Anttorney General of Lagos State, Ade Ipaye, was docked before Chief Magistrate Eniola Fabamwo.
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The prosecutor, Attorney General of Lagos State, Ade Ipaye, told the court that the accused committed the alleged crime between the months of June and July 2013, by also sending text messages to one Mrs Gbolahan Khadijat Daudu, who is the Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Maryland in Ikeja.
Impersonation is a huge crime in Nigeria nowadays....So whoever engages in it is bound to see trouble from the court of law. Nigerians should beware o!