The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 arraigned one
Hayatu Hamisu Jibiya before Justice Faruk Lawal of State High Court Kano on one
count charge for Criminal Beach of Trust.
The accused allegedly in April 2011 defrauded the
petitioner, Bashir Idris Abdullahi after he sought for his service to clear
nine containers of goods worth N 10,800,000.00 (Ten Million, Eight Hundred
Thousand Naira only) from Cotonou, Benin Republic. Of the ten containers, only
four were allegedly delivered by the
accused and efforts made by the complainant to either get the remaining five
containers or have his money funded, were futile.
The charge reads, “That you Hayatu Hamisu Jibiya
sometime between October, 2011 and April 2012 at Kano within the Kano Judicial
Division of the High Court of Kano State, while been entrusted with dominion
over money the sum of 10,800,000.00 (Ten Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira
only) belonging to Bashir Idris Abdullahi for the purpose of clearing his nine
containers at Cotonou, Benin Republic committed Criminal Breach of Trust by
fraudulently misappropriating the sum of N6,800,000.00 ( Six Million Eight
Hundred Thousand Naira only), purporting same to have been used in clearing the
containers in violation of the mode in which such trust is to be discharged and
thereby committed an offence contrary to section 311 and punishable under section
312 of the Penal Code Law”.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Lawal ordered the accused who is already on a
court bail to continue on the terms of the
previous bail he is enjoying pending the commencement of trial.
The case is adjourned to 3rd March, 2016.
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