EFCC Press Release
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today, October 20, 2014
arraigned one Abubakar Abdullahi before Justice Dije Aboki of Kano State High
Court on one count charge of criminal breach of trust.
The
accused, who is the manager of Maisabulu Bureau de Change, Kano, had sometime
in April, 2013 upon the instruction of his employer, Alhaji Kabiru Maisabulu,
the managing director of Maisabulu Bureau de Change purchased the sum of 50,000
United States dollars from the Central Bank of Nigeria on behalf of one Bello
Sani Yakassai of Misau Bureau de Change but, converted the said sum for his
personal use.
The count
reads: " That you Abubakar Abdullahi being the manager of Maisabulu Bureau
de Change sometime in April 2013 in Kano within the judicial division of the
High Court of Justice of Kano being entrusted with certain property to wit: the
sum of $50,000.00 equivalent to the sum of N7,780,000.00 given to you by
Ahaji Kabiru Maisabulu for onward transmission to Bello Sani Yakassai committed
criminal breach of trust in respect thereof and that you thereby
committed an offence punishable under section 314 of the Penal Code"
The
accused pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.
Based on
his plea, Justice Aboki ordered that the accused be remanded in EFCC custody
pending the hearing of the bail application and adjourned the matter to
November 4, 2014.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head,
Media & Publicity
20th
October, 2014
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