Man in court for alleged criminal breach of trust
NAN-H-29
Breach
By Nana Musa
Abuja, March 30, 2017 (NAN) A 34-year-old man, Chinwe Ike, was on Thursday arraigned in a Karmo Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for alleged criminal breach of trust .
The defendant, who resides at Angwan Shahu, Karmo, is standing trial on a count charge, an offence he denied committing.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Florence Auhioboh, told the court that one Moses Pius of same address with the defendant reported the matter at the Karmo Police Station, on March 26.
Auhioboh said that the complainant alleged that he contracted the defendant to roof his house, instead of executing the job, he sold the materials.
He listed the stolen items as three bundles of zinc valued at N43, 500 and a carton of nail valued at N6,000.
Auhioboh also said that the offence contravened Section 311 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against him.
The judge, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, granted him bail in the sum of N20, 000 and one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till May 4, for further hearing. (NAN)
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