A 31-year-old man, Chikezie Odimegwu, who allegedly collected N700,000 from a tenant on the pretext of remitting the money to the landlord, but failed to do so, was on Thursday arraigned in a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court.
Odimegwu, docked on a three-count charge of criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal intimidation, denied committing the offences.
The prosecutor, Adeniyi Oyeyemi, had told the court that one Nonso Nnatanya of Neighbourhood Shopping Complex, Wuse Zone 3, Abuja, reported the matter at the Wuse Zone 3 Police Station, on April 4.
“The complainant said that sometime in December, 2017, the defendant while pretending to be an agent, acting on behalf of the landlord, collected N700, 000 from him, being his rent for one year.
“But the defendant converted the money to his personal use,’’ he said.
The prosecutor also alleged that when the complainant demanded for refund, the defendant threatened to kill him.
Oyeyemi said the offences contravened Sections 312, 322 and 329 of the Penal Code.
The Magistrate, Yetunde Onabanjo, granted him bail in the sum of N450, 000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case until April 23, for hearing. (NAN)
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