Two men, Alhaji Abdul
Ahmadu and Bello Isa, alleged to be fake car dealers have been arraigned before
Justice Farouq Lawal of the Kano State High Court on a 3-count charge bordering
on criminal breach of trust and obtaining money by false pretence.
The duo was arraigned by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today.
The accused persons
allegedly induced one Alhaji Mohammed Sani Utai to part with the sum of N6,
100,000 under the pretext that they were going to sell a Mercedes Benz GLK car
to him. After obtaining the money in various tranches, the car was neither
delivered nor was his money returned.
One of the charge reads,
“that you Alhaji Abdu Ahmadu and Bello Isa sometime in 2012, at Kano within the
jurisdiction of the High Court of Kano State with intent to defraud obtained
the sum of N2, 600, 000 from Mohammed Sani Utai by falsely representing that
you had a Mercedes Benz GLK for sale and that you were capable of securing
delivery of the said Mercedes Benz car to him, which pretence you knew to be
false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1)(a) of the
Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable
under section 1(3) of the same Act”.
The accused persons
pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to them.
Justice Lawal adjourned
the case to October 13, 2014 for hearing of bail application and commencement
of trial.
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