Man arrested for absconding with N20m mistakenly paid into his account

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, has arraigned a serving airman, Lance Corporal Haruna Samuel of the Nigeria Air Pressure Base, Kaduna on a one depend cost bordering on theft and prison misappropriation.

The defendant was arraigned earlier than Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State Excessive Court docket on Tuesday, January 18.

The defendant was alleged to have on December 3, 2020 acquired a credit score alert of the sum of N 20, 014,300 (Twenty Million, Fourteen Thousand, Three Hundred Naira) into his checking account.

The cash was despatched in error from the account of his employer. Figuring out full effectively he wasn’t anticipating any cost of such magnitude, the defendant as an alternative of reporting the difficulty to his financial institution or employer, went forward to withdraw a part of the cash for private use, together with settling money owed.

After finishing up this fraudulent act, the defendant absconded from his responsibility put up to Plateau State the place he was finally arrested by operatives of the Fee.

Depend one of many cost most popular towards the defendant reads:

“That you simply, Haruna Samuel someday in December 2020 in Kaduna throughout the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court docket dishonestly misappropriated the sum of N20, 014,300.00 (Twenty Million and Fourteen Thousand, Three Hundred Naira), property of NAF Floor Coaching Centre which was erroneously despatched to your Zenith Checking account No. 2189705893 which stated sum you dishonestly transformed to your individual use and also you thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 293 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Legislation, 2017 and punishable underneath Part 294 of the identical Legislation”.

The defendant pleaded not responsible to the cost when it was learn to him.

In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Treasured C. Onyeneho, prayed the courtroom to repair a date for trial to begin.

However the defence counsel, S.A Yahaya moved for an oral utility for bail, urging the courtroom to confess his consumer to bail.

Justice Khobo granted bail to the defendant within the sum of N5, 000,000.00 (5 Million Naira) and a dependable surety in like sum.

The surety should be an proprietor of property in Kaduna backed with a Certificates of Occupancy, to be verified by each the EFCC and the Registrar of the Court docket.

The case has been adjourned until 10 March 2022 for listening to.