NAN-H-38
Fraud
By Ummul Idris
Abuja, Nov. 2, 2016 (NAN) A Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday admitted an estate surveyor, Jamilu Manga, to bail in the sum of two million naira for allegedly defrauding a man of rent of N3.7 million.
The Senior Magistrate, Nuhu Tukur, who granted the bail, also ordered the defendant to produce two reasonable sureties within in like sum.
Tukur said that the sureties must reside with the jurisdiction of the court and adjourned the case till Nov. 26 for hearing.
Manga is facing a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating.
The Prosecutor, Onyiola Alex, said that Ibrahim Suleiman of Garki, Abuja,wrote a petition to the Commissioner of Police in FCT on Oct. 19.
Alex said that sometimes in August the defendant deceitfully collected N3.7 million from the complainant as part payment for the two years rent.
He said that the defendant promised to get the complainant a four bedroom duplex to rent at zone D, Apo, Abuja.
He said that the since then the defendant diverted the said money for his personal use and had been avoiding the complainant.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha