Woman Drags Mechanic To Court For Damaging Her Car Engine

A mechanic, Stephen Saturday, on Thursday appeared in a Zuba Upper Area  Court,  Abuja for allegedly damaging a businesswoman’s car engine.

The police charged the mechanic, a 36-year-old, with criminal breach of trust and cheating

The Prosecution Counsel, Chinedu Ogada, told the court that the complainant Salmart Musa, reported the matter at  the Zuba Police Station on July 7.

He said that the woman gave her Chevrolet 2009 model car to the mechanic to replace a faulty engine.

Ogada said that after the defendant replaced the engine, he criminally damaged the main engine and stole other parts.

The prosecution according to NAN said that during police investigation the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of himself.

Ogada told the court that all efforts made for the mechanic to replace the engine parts failed.

The offence. he said, contravened the provisions of sections 312 and 322 of the penal code.

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

The judge, Gambo  Garba admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N 500,000 and a surety in like sum.

He ordered that the surety must reside within the court jurisdiction.

Garba adjourned the case until September 29 for hearing.

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