The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arraigned the trio of Nasiru Inuwa Illelah, Muhammad Adamu Gana and Adamu Yunus , Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer respectively of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Services
Technical and Recreation Services Employees, Hospital Management Board, before Justice Rabi T. Umar of the Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi on charges bordering on fraudulent conversion of the sum of N6,000,000:00 and issuance of dud cheques.
The
accused persons, sometime in January, 2016, obtained 600 bags of rice
valued at N6million from the complainant with the promise that payment
will be made over a two months period through direct deductions from
staff of a local council that were touted as beneficiaries.
In soliciting his trust, the complainant was issued two post dated Sterling Bank cheques for 5th February, 2016 and 5th March, 2016 which were separately lodged and returned unpaid owing to insufficient fund in the account.
All
efforts to get the accused persons to pay back the money were futile as
they were eventually found to have diverted the goods elsewhere for
their personal benefit.
All
the defendants pleaded not guilty to the six count charge. Justice Rabi
adjoined the case to November 9, 2016 for hearing on bail applications
and ordered the accused to be remanded in prison custody.
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