Driver docked for alleged N420K fraud

Police on Friday arraigned a 37-year-old driver, Mohammed Hamza, at a Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, for allegedly defrauding his client of N420,000.

He was arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating.

The prosecutor, Mr. Dabo Yakubu, told the court that the complainant, Ms. Veronica Akporokah of the Kubwa area of Abuja, reported the case at Gwagwalada Police Station in January.

Yakubu said the defendant committed the offences sometime in December 2023 in Abuja

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He told the court that the complainant entrusted the defendant with the funds.

“The money was paid into the defendant’s Standing IBTC bank account for the purchase of five and half bags of beans which was to be delivered to the complainant sometime in January.

“The defendant collected the complainant’s money, refused to buy the said bags of beans, and refused to pick her calls.

“He converted the money to his personal use without the consent of the complainant and absconded to an unknown destination.

“The defendant was later tracked and arrested while absconding through Gwagwalada,” the prosecutor added.

The offences, according to him, contravened Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The Magistrate, Olatunji Olaadunmoye, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with a surety in like sum.

He adjourned the case till September 26 for hearing.

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