Nigeria, March 12 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned a man, Odejobi Michael, at a state High Court in Enugu State for allegedly stealing N2 million.

The money, the EFCC, said was wrongly paid into the defendant's account by a man who thought the account belonged to an auto dealer he wanted to buy a car from.

"It was when he went to take delivery of the car that he realised he had paid into the wrong account," the EFCC said in a statement on Monday.

The victim reported the case to the EFCC after he failed to persuade Mr Michael to refund the money.

The charge reads, "Odejobi Temitope Michael sometimes in February 2019, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court stole the sum of N2, 000,000 ...