Lagos court jails man 15 years for N26m Toyota Hilux fraud

A Lagos State High Court sitting successful Ikeja has sentenced a man, Abdulrahman Lawal Raji, to 15 years imprisonment for defrauding a purchaser of N26 cardinal nether the guise of supplying a Toyota Hilux vehicle.

Justice Ismail Ijelu delivered the judgement connected Tuesday, June 2, 2026, aft uncovering Raji blameworthy of obtaining wealth by mendacious pretence.

A connection by EFCC said the convict was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, connected November 9, 2023, connected an amended two-count charge.

According to the anti-graft agency, Raji collected N26 cardinal from a petitioner, Olaide Ibidapo, for the acquisition of a 2022 Toyota Hilux but failed to present the conveyance oregon refund the money.

One of the charges against him read:

“ABDULRAHMAN LAWAL RAJI and ABDULRAHMAN LAWAL (at large), betwixt 20th March, 2023 and 21 March, 2023 astatine Lagos, wrong the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained a gross sum of N26,000,000 from Olaide Ibidapo by falsely representing it was the acquisition terms for a Toyota Hilux 2022 car, which practice you knew to beryllium false”.

Raji pleaded not blameworthy erstwhile the charges were work to him.

During the trial, prosecution counsel, Ebuka Okongwu, presented 4 witnesses and tendered respective documents which were admitted arsenic exhibits by t...