The Police on Thursday arraigned a 30-year-old driver, Sadiq Abubakar at the Magajin Gari Sharia Court, Kaduna, for alleged criminal breach of trust.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The Police prosecutor, Cpl. Bitrus Koji told the court that the man had diverted about N460,000 belonging to the complainant, Malam Yahaya Ibrahim of Kabala Doki in Kaduna.
He said the complainant had on Dec. 3 reported Abubakar to Kabala Doki police station, accusing him of failing to honour an agreement between them since June.
Koji said Ibrahim had contracted the accused to drive his Golf car for commercial purposes, with an agreement for him to deposit N17,000 weekly.
The court was told that since Abubakar collected the car on June 1, he had only deposited N23, 000 with the owner.
The prosecutor said the accused had also collected N25, 000 to repair the car, which he claimed was spoilt.
Koji said the complainant decided to seek for justice when on Dec.1, Abubakar brought N3,000 as the total proceeds realised in the six months he was driving the car , claiming that the vehicle was always developing faults.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened sections 312 and 322 of the penal code law.
