A Somali businessman appeared in a Nairobi court on Tuesday, facing charges of defrauding a fellow trader of Sh 3.2 million. Ibrahim Gerad Hassan was arraigned before Magistrate BenMark Ekhubi, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Hassan is accused of deceiving Ahmed Abdullah Dimbil by falsely claiming that he could partner with him in a business venture to import socks from China. The alleged fraud took place between January 14, 2024, and June 15, 2024, within Nairobi County.
According to the prosecution, Hassan obtained the sum of Sh 3.2 million from Dimbil under the pretense of joining him in the socks importation business. However, it later emerged that Hassan had no intention or capability of fulfilling his promise.
During the court proceedings, Hassan denied the charges and requested to be released on reasonable bail. Magistrate Ekhubi granted him a Sh 500,000 cash bail and set the case for mention on October 17, 2024, for pretrial.
The case involving a fraudster and self-proclaimed United Nations General Ali Ojo, alongside Victor Nyakazi, kicked off today at the Milimani Law Court.
The two Nigerian nationals accused of defrauding a Kenyan businessman of millions of shillings are alleged to have conned Noor Ahmed of more than Ksh.60 million by cheating him that they would buy a hotel from him.
The court heard that between January 20 and May 19, 2023, within Nairobi’s central business district, the Nigerians employed deceptive tactics to acquire USD 420,000 (approximately Ksh.60,438,000) from the Kenyan businessman.
They allegedly provided false information to him, claiming that the funds were required to acquire a reagent for the removal of stamps on US dollars, which Noor was expecting as part of the payment for the sale of the Lisbon Hotel.
Noor Omar Ahmed, the complainant in the matter narrated to court the chronological of event on how the two accused persons lured him that they were in a position to import for him reagents that washes United state stamps.
The self-proclaimed United Nations General Ali Ojo using a faked photo.
Appearing before Milimani magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi, Noor told the court that he refused to buy the idea of by some reagent from Uganda after the one they were using in one of the apartment where the notes turned red while being processed.
“while trying to work on the reagent that was available,it didn’t work but turned to red instead of coming out clearly during cleaning.after failing,thy told me they need to import activation powder from Uganda since in UN office in Kenya there was no powder” Said Noor
Noor also told the trial magistrate that he had never met the main accused Mr Ali Ojo in person ,but they used to communicate through phone chats,video calls and sms.
“I knew or identified the accused person through some of the pictures he used to sent to me on wassup putting up military attires,at sometimes we could even video call and that is how I came to know the accused person,”Said Noor
Appearing before Magistrate Benmark Ekhubi sitting at the Milimani law courts, the duo faced a second charge of being in Kenya illegally.
