In Kaduna State, a Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan has ordered the remand of Jacob Bonet, a 46-year-old former Sterling Bank staff, in a correctional facility for allegedly defrauding his 86-year-old uncle of N14 million.
Bonet faces charges of theft, cheating, impersonation, and criminal misappropriation brought against him by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC). The offences contravene sections 270, 307, 142, and 294 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law.
According to prosecutor Mr. Marcus Audu, the complainant, Aboshio Bonet, reported the matter at the Corp’s office in Kafanchan on March 17. Allegedly, in 2015, the defendant, a marketer at Sterling Bank, Kagoro, advised the complainant to open an account there. Acting on this advice, the complainant opened the account, but the defendant, without consent, made an ATM card with the complainant’s details and transferred N14 million from his account to his own using the ATM.
During investigation, the defendant confessed to the crime, though he pleaded not guilty in court. The prosecutor opposed granting bail, citing the complainant’s trauma upon seeing the defendant.
Magistrate Michael Bawa adjourned the matter until May 29 to decide on the defendant’s bail and commence hearing.