Two middle-aged persons, Debora Fojo and Musa Garba on
Friday appeared before a Malumfashi Chief Magistrates’ Court in Katsina State
for breach of trust and cheating.
The two were accused of collecting N429, 000
to invest in an online business called MMM.
Fojo and Garba are residents of Government Girls Secondary
School Malumfashi Quarters and Unguwar Danyawa village in Kafur local
government area respectively.
According to the separate First Information Reports (FIR)
read to the court, Fojo allegedly collected N229, 000 from one Sani Salisu
of Unguwar Sodangi in Malumfashi to invest in the scheme.
Garba, on the other hand collected N200, 000 from one
Adamu Aliyu of Gangarawa also in Malumfashi to invest in MMM.
The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Sani Ahmed, told the
courts that the accused deceived the complainants with a promise that
business would provide 30 percent returns within 30 days.
He said that neither the original money nor the
interest were returned to the complainants after the expiration of the
agreed period.
He said that the accused were charged with criminal breach
of trust and cheating, offences that contravened sections 312 and 322 of
the penal code laws.
The two accused persons, however, pleaded not
guilty to the charges.
The Chief Magistrate, Lawal Usman adjourned Fojo’s
case till April 11, while that of Garba was moved to April 18,
for mention.
He ordered that the two accused persons be
remanded in prison custody.
This story first appeared on The Nation
