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TraderArraigned For Cheating
A 30-year-old man, Jude Igwe, was on Thursday arraigned before an Abuja Magistrates’ court for cheating.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Odey Alexander, told the court that on December 2, one Anozie Neoyibo of Kaborine Church Mararaba, Nasarawa State, came to Wuse police station to report the matter.
He said that the accused collected N63,000 from Neoyibo, on the agreement that he was going to assist him to convey fairly used clothes and shoes from Togo.
The prosecutor said that Igwe converted the money to his own use and did not convey the goods as agreed.
He said that the accused was charged with cheating, contrary to Section 322 of the Penal Code.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Judge, Mr Okeagu Azubike, granted him bail in the sum of N200,000 and two sureties in like sum, who must be resident within the court’s jurisdiction.
He adjourned the case to January 19, 2012 for hearing.