Man In Court For Absconding With N1.5m After Receiving Alert

A 38-year-old businessman, David Benjamin, was on Tuesday arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N1.5 million fraud.

Benjamin, whose address was not provided, is being tried for fraud and stealing.

The prosecutor, Inspector Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on February 12, at Barnawa Kaduna.

Leo said that the defendant unlawfully obtained the sum of N1.5 million from one Mr Chris Gabriel, on the pretext of supplying aluminum and iron scraps.

The prosecutor, however, said that after the defendant collected the money from the complainant, he disappeared.

“The defendant after receiving the alert, absconded to an unknown destination.

“Efforts made by the complainant to trace and retrieve his money proved unsuccessful until the defendant was arrested after five months,” the prosecutor said.

He said the offences contravened Sections 287 and 59 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the offences and was granted bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, said that the sureties should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years of tax payment to the Kaduna State Government.

He adjourned the case until August 30, for mention.

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