The Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Tinubu, Lagos Island, arraigned Rakiyat Musa, 59, on Thursday for allegedly posing as a Nigerian Customs officer and receiving more than N34, 116,000 under false pretences.
The four charges against Musa, who appeared before Magistrate B. I. Amos, include conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence, theft, impersonation, and behaviour likely to cause a breach of peace.
The prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, informed the court during the arraignment that the defendant and other individuals who are still at large conspired to pose as a fake customs officer to defraud innocent people between April and July of 2025.
“The defendant fraudulently obtained the sum of N13,480,000 from one Mr. Damilare Sodiq, the President of Power House Cooperative, Kosofe, Lagos, under the guise of supplying bags of rice and groundnut oil,” Osuji stated.
He also revealed to the court that Musa also obtained N5,350,000 from Mr. Chukwudi Joshua; N2,600,000 from Mr. Mathew Nworie, and N2,686,000 from Mr. Okereke Johnson using the same false representation.
“She posed as a Nigerian Customs officer and presented an identity card to her victims to convince them of her status,” the prosecutor added. “She knew all along that her claims were false.”
He claimed that the offences violate Sections 411, 314, 287, and 380(1) of the Lagos State 2015 Criminal Law.
Musa entered a not guilty plea after being informed of the accusations.
After she pleaded, Magistrate Amos gave the defendant N2.5 million in bail, with two sureties contributing the same amount.
The magistrate additionally ordered the defendant to deposit N500,000 as part of the bail conditions.
The case was adjourned till August 11, 2025, for mention.
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