Businessman defrauds partners N.8m

A middle-aged businessman, Hudu Adamu of SabonGari market has been arraigned before Magistrate court in Kano for allegedly defrauding his business partners a sum of N866, 000. Adamu was arraigned for two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating contrary to Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code Law. According to the charge […]

A middle-aged businessman, Hudu Adamu of SabonGari market has been arraigned before Magistrate court in Kano for allegedly defrauding his business partners a sum of N866, 000.

Adamu was arraigned for two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating contrary to Sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code Law.

According to the charge sheet, Adamu had sometimes in May last year conspired with one Ahmadu Nuhu now at large and approached the complainants, Abdul-hamid Digili of Mubi town in Adamawa state and Usman Al-Hassan of Hotoro quarters Kano and dishonestly lured them to deposit the sum of N500,000 into a bank account and also collected N330,000 cash from them with the false pretence to secure release of their drugs impounded by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kano state command but failed to do so and instead converted the amount into personal use.

Also, in March last year , the accused criminally and dishonestly approached one Mu’azu Ibrahim of Bachirawa quarters Kano with false pretence to secure release of his drugs intercepted by the Kano State Ministry of Health.

The accused was allegedly collected a sum of N36, 000 from Ibrahim Bachirawa but instead of facilitating release of the drugs, he converted the money into his personal use.

When the charge sheet was read to the accused, he denied all the charges contained therein.

The presiding Judge, Chief Magistrate Hajiya Maryam Ahmad Sabo granted the accused bail and adjourned the case to November 15 for continuation.