Abuja Contractor In Court Accused Of Defrauding Partner Of N8m

An Abuja based contractor, James Egwu, was on Wednesday charged before a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, over the allegation of defrauding his business partner of N8 million. He was accused of cheating and criminal breach of trust on two counts.

Francis Iweze, the complainant, reported the incident to the Garki Police Station on July 22, 2020, the prosecutor, Mr. Umoh Inah, said.

Inah informed the court that the complainant from Pent House Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, claimed the defendant had presented a business proposition for him to grant him the money at some point in 2019 to enable him finish a contract he was handling for Union Bank Plc.

According to the prosecutor, Iweze transferred the sum of N8 million to the defendant to aid in the fulfillment of the aforementioned contract.

He added that attempts to get the defendant to refund the complainant’s money after he was paid were unsuccessful because he refused to do so. He claimed that the offense was against Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code. But the accused entered a not guilty plea to the accusation.

Using section 36(5) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution as well as sections 158, 161, and 169 of the Administration of the Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015, the defendant’s defense attorney, Mr. A P Samson, requested that the defendant be released on bond.

The contractor was granted bail in the amount of N500,000 with two sureties in the same amount by Abuja magistrate Aisha Maina as it deferred the case brought against him of defrauding his partner.

The court further ordered the court registrar to confirm the validity of the aforementioned documents and the sureties’ addresses. She set a hearing date of February 9 for the case.

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