Judiciary
A Dei-Dei Area Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered that a businessman, Yahaya Audu, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defrauding his customer of N7 million.
The police charged the defendant, who resides in Dei-Dei, Abuja, with criminal breach of trust and cheating.
The Judge, Saminu Suleiman, ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Suleja until March 29, after he had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Olanipekun Babajide, told the court that the complainant, Yakubu Shaibu, on behalf of one Mr Ndasu Aliyu, reported the matter at Dei-Dei Police Station on Jan. 31.
Babajide said that sometime in June 2022, the complainant entrusted the defendant with N7 Million to supply him a Mikano generator and tractor.
He said that the defendant supplied cheap and unserviceable items and converted the money to his personal use, but that the complainant rejected the items.
The prosecutor said that the complainant told the defendant to return the cheap items he supplied to where he bought them.
He said the complainant pleaded with the defendant to refund his money.
Babajide said that during police investigation, the defendant made a part-payment of N2 million but deliberately refused to pay the balance of N5 million.
According to him, the offences contravene the provisions of Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code. (NAN)
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Tags: Mr Ndasu Aliyu Mr Olanipekun Babajide Yahaya Audu Yakubu Shaibu
