Lance Corporal Haruna Samuel A serving airman, Lance Corporal Haruna Samuel of the Nigeria Air Force Base, Kaduna has actually been arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC, Kaduna on a one-count charge bordering on theft and criminal misappropriation.The offender was arraigned

before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on Tuesday, January 18. The accused was declared to have on December

3, 2020 got a credit alert of the amount of N 20, 014,300(Twenty Million, Fourteen Thousand, Three Hundred Naira)into his bank account. The money was sent out in error from the account of

his company. Understanding full well he wasn’t expecting any payment of such magnitude, the offender instead of reporting the problem to his bank or company, went ahead to withdraw part of the cash for individual use, including settling debts. After carrying out this fraudulent act, the offender absconded from his task post to Plateau State where he was eventually apprehended by operatives of the Commission.Count one of the charge preferred against the accused checks out:”That you, Haruna Samuel at some point in December 2020 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of thisHonourable Court dishonestly misused the sum of N20, 014,300.00(Twenty Million and Fourteen Thousand, Three Hundred Naira), residential or commercial property of NAF Ground Training Centre which was erroneously sent to your Zenith Bank account No. 2189705893 which stated amount you dishonestly transformed to your own use and you therefore committed an offense contrary to Section 293 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 294 of the very same Law “. The accused pleaded innocent to the charge when it was read to him.In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Precious C. Onyeneho, hoped the court to repair

a date for trial to commence.But the defence counsel, S.A Yahaya moved for an

oral application for bail, advising the court to admit his customer to bail.Justice Khobo approved bail to the accused in the sum of N5, 000,000.00

(Five Million Naira)and a dependable surety in like sum.The surety need to be an owner of residential or commercial property in Kaduna backed with a Certificate of Occupancy, to be confirmed by both the EFCC and the Registrar of the Court.The case has been adjourned till 10 March 2022 for hearing.

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