2 Arraigned For Defrauding Applicants Of N280,000

As Niger State government begins interview for the recruitment of 2,000 new workers, two civil servant have been arraigned and remanded for extorting one Aminu Adamu and Bala Emmanuel to offer them job.

Those arraigned at the Minna Senior Magistrate Court No 6 were Mohammed Kudu Yusuf and Aliyu Abdullahi.

They were arraigned on four-count charges which bothered on criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust by clerk or servant cheating, taking gratification in an aspect of official act and forgery.

The police prosecutor, inspector Aliyu Malami noted that the four count charges contravened sections 97,314,115 and 364 of the penal code law.

He said the two civil servants, all residents of Minna the Niger State capital were allegedly deceived, one Aminu Adamu of Shango area of Minna, and  Bala Emmanuel of Sauka Kahuta area also of Minna .

The charges read that they jointly conspired among themselves to “ breached the trust confided on you and intentionally deceived into paying the sum of  N 280,000 under the pretences of offering them with provisional appointment with the Niger state primary Health care development agency and Niger state Basic education board knowing fully well that it is a fraudulent transaction you dishonestly obtained the money and converted same to your own personal use and issued them with forged and fake appointment letters”

The prosecutor however said during police Investigation, the sum of  N180,000 was recovered and handed over to the plaintiffs under further investigation they both confessed to have committed the crimes.

When the charges were read to them by the presiding senior magistrate, Ahmed Musa Aliyu, they both pleaded guilty to the charges.

The prosecuting police officer, inspector Aliyu Malami, therefore  applied for the conviction of both defendants under summary trial in accordance with the provision of section 157 of the criminal procedure code (CPC).

The court however lacked the jurisdiction to convict them as requested by the prosecutor, while they were ordered to be remanded in correctional custody until they will be taken to the High  court of competent jurisdiction for their conviction.