A 40-year-old carpenter, Sunday Agada was on Monday docked in a Karu Grade I Area Court in Abuja, for allegedly swindling one Ochuba Njidea of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Academy of the sum of N400,000.
Agada had reportedly obtained N400,000 from the EFCC operative to construct furniture for him but failed to deliver on the job.
The carpenter was charged with criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Ade Adeyanju told the court that the complainant, Ochuba Njidea of EFCC academy in Karu, Abuja entrusted the sum of N400,000 to him for a set of chairs but with the intent to cheat he dishonestly converted all the money to his own personal use and failed to produce the work as agreed.
During the police investigation, he said, the defendant confessed to the crime.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 312, 322 and 309 of the Penal Code.
The Judge, Umar Mayana, granted the defendant to bail and ordered that a deposit of N400,000 be made as bail bond.
He said that the sureties must live within the court’s jurisdiction and their addresses would be verified by court officers.
The judge adjourned the case until Oct. 11 for further hearing.
(NAN)
credit: PM News
