Man lands in trouble over N2m employment scam

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A 32-year-old man, Bako Garba, was on Tuesday arraigned in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly collecting N2 million on pretence of securing employment for one Muyiwa Olawale at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The prosecutor, Inspector Abba Ayuba, told the court that the accused approached the complainant and promised to help him secure a job with the organisation.
The accused, a resident of Jedo Estate, Airport Road, Abuja, is standing trial on a two-count charge of criminal breach of trust and cheating.
Ayuba told the court that Olawale, of Federal Housing Authority, Lugbe, petitioned the FCT Commissioner of Police on August 13, complaining that the accused duped him.
He said that the accused requested for N2 million as fee for the employment which the complainant paid.
Ayuba told the court that the accused could not secure the employment as promised.
He added that the accused denied the allegations, but admitted collecting N500,000 from the complainant.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code.
The Magistrate, Mrs Khadijat Mustapha, granted the accused bail in the sum of N500,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till November 26.

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