The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a resident of Kano State, Usman Salis, before Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on a three-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and forgery.
The accused person was said to have induced one Alhaji Jibrin Umar to part with N8, 400, 000 under the guise that he is a land agent authorised to sell a property located at Tsamiyar Boka, Hotoro in the Kano metropolis.
However the accused fraudulently converted the fund for his use and disposed the property without the knowledge of the complainant.
“Sometime in May 2013, at Kurna in Kano, within the jurisdiction of the High Court, committed a criminal breach of trust in respect of a property situated at Kawaji Quarters, Kano with Certificate of Occupancy No: LKN/RES/RC/2011/02, and belonging to one Alhaji Jibrin Umaru”, the first charge read.
The second count read that “Usman Salis Umar sometime in May 2013, at Kurna in Kano, within the jurisdiction of the of Kano State High Court with intent to defraud, fraudulently used as genuine a forged document titled, Letter of Authority dated 27th May 2013 purported to have been issued and signed by the authority of Alhaji Jibrin Umar and thereby committed an offense under section 366 and punishable under section 364 of the Penal Code.”
The accused pleaded not guilty to all the charges while Justice Aboki adjourned the case to 13th May 2014 and ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody.
