The Police on Thursday arraigned a 29-year-old domestic worker, Alkasim Hamza, before a Sharia Court in Kano for alleged breach of trust.
Hamza, who lives at Tal’udu Quarters, Kano State, is facing a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating.
The prosecutor, Insp. Abdullahi Wada, told the court that the complainant, Umar Aminu-Ahmad, who also resides at Tal’udu Sabin Titi Quarters, reported the matter at Fagge Police Station, Kano, on Aug.5.
Wada alleged that the complainant had entrusted his vehicle to the defendant for repairs with N1.7 million securely kept inside the boot of the car.
The prosecutor alleged that the defendant brought back the vehicle and later discovered that the sum of N500,000 had been taken from the total amount.
He further told the court that the defendant had allegedly denied knowledge of the money.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 202 and 206 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubakar, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
Lawal-Abubakar, who ruled that the surety must be the defendant’s relation, however, ordered the defendant to be remanded correctional centre pending the perfection of his bail conditions.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria