Police Arraign Man For Criminal Breach Of Trust | The Police

The police on Thursday arraigned a man, Solomon Samuel, in a Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Wuse, Abuja, charged with breach of trust.

Samuel, who resides at Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Maitama, Abuja, was alleged to have diverted N160,000 given to him to deposit in the bank.

The Prosecutor, Sgt. Mohammed Ahmed, told the court that the matter was reported at the Maitama Police Station, Abuja, by Ms Confidence Markus of FHA, Maitama, Abuja, on Jan. 27.

He said that the accused was given N160,000 to deposit at Ecobank, Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja but he neither deposited the money nor returned it to the owner.

Ahmed added that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 312 of the Penal Code.

If convicted, he said, the accused would be punished with a prison term which may extend to seven years or fine or with both.

However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and the prosecutor prayed the court to grant him a date to open the case again.

Following the accused’s plea of not guilty, the Senior Magistrate, Mr Aliyu Shafa, admitted him to bail in the sum of N50,000 and a reasonable surety in like sum.

Shafa ordered that the surety must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court and adjourned the case until March 30 for definite hearing.