The suspects allegedly conspired among themselves and reactivated three accounts belonging to customers of a new generation bank without the customers' consent and diverted the funds for personal benefits.
They
both pleaded not guilty to all the charges preferred against them.
In
view of their plea the prosecuting counsel Michael Ani asked for a date for
trial. M.A Ayamanbhor and Onodima Mathias, counsel to the first and second accused persons
respectively, applied for bail of their clients on the ground that the accused
had been on an administrative bail since 2013 and did not jump bail.
The
accused persons were admitted to bail in the sum of N1million each and one surety
in like sum. The sureties are to produce 3 years tax clearance and two passport
photographs each. The matter was adjourned to February 8, 2016 for commencement
of trial.
In a related development, one Abel Charles alongside his company AB 08
Nigeria Limited were also arraigned today before Justice Nuhu Y. Galandanci of
the Kano State High Court on two counts
of issuance of dud cheque to the tune of fifteen million Naira.
The accused allegedly defrauded one JALCOP Nigeria Limited the sum of N
15,000,000 meant for the supply of 20 trucks of black oil to Sokoto Cement
Company. He only delivered one truck and when the complainant asked for a
refund, he issued five cheques to the tune of N 15,000,000.00 which was returned
unpaid on the ground of insufficient funds standing to the credit of the drawer.
The accused however pleaded not guilty to charge, prompting the prosecution
counsel, Douglas Gift to urge the court to fix a date for the commencement of
trial.
Justice Galandanci however
admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties who must
be resident in Kano state.
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