Lady, 34, Arrested For Printing 64 NIN Slips With Different Names To Purchase N11.9m Phones

MICHAEL AKINOLA 

A 34-year old lady, Sanni Adeola, has landed in trouble in Lagos State for allegedly printing 64 copies of National Identity Number (NIN) with her face but bearing different names and used them to get 64 mobile phones worth N11.9m from a company. 

 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened between March, 2024 and June, 2025, at M-KOPA Company L.S.D.P.C Shopping Complex, Agege area of Lagos.

 

According to the Police, the suspect printed the copies of the NIN and used it to purchase the phones from the campany for several months until the company discovered and handed her over to the Police at Pen Cinema Division for her alleged conduct.

 

After thorough interrogation, the Police found her culpable and consequently charged her before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence, which attracts several years of imprisonment.

 

Part of the charges read:

“That you, Sanni Adeola between March,2024 and June,2025 at L.S.D.P.C shopping complex in Agege Lagos did  unlawfully print out 64 copies of Nigeria identification Number ‘NIN’ with your face but with different names to purchase 64 Samsung and Nokia Phones valued at N11, 960,000-K from M-KOPA Company, knowing fully that your presentation was false and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 370 (b) of Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.”

 

COUNT II: “That you, SANNI ADEOLA ‘F’ on the same date, time place in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did steal 64 Samsung and Nokia Phones value N11,960,000=K property of M-KOPA Company and thereby committed an offence punishable under the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.”

 

However, she pleaded not guilty.

 

The prosecutor, Inspector Lucky Ihiehie, asked the Court to give a date for hearing since she pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that she actually committed the alleged offence.

 

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. M.O. Tanimola, granted her bail in the sum of N1m with two sureties in like sum, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and tax payment while addresses will be verified by the Court.

 

The matter was adjourned for mention while the defendant was remanded in custody at the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.