A 57-year-old man, Shinya Ellah, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa State, for allegedly duping Holy Cross Catholic Church, Mararaba of N1 million.
\nThe prosecutor, Cpl. Hamen Donald, told the court that one Mr. Moses Adie reported the matter at `A\u2019 Police Division, Mararaba on August 24, at about 9.50 a.m on behalf of the church.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn February, the defendant agreed to sell a plot of land to the church at the rate of N4 million in which the church paid one million as first installment into the defendant\u2019s account.
\n\u201cThe church, having paid the first instalment, the defendant absconded to an unknown destination with the money without notifying the church until he was traced through tracking and arrested,\u2019\u2019 Donald said.
\nAccording to Donald, the offence is punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code Law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 57-year-old man, Shinya Ellah, was on Wednesday arraigned in a Mararaba Upper Area Court in Nasarawa State, for allegedly duping Holy Cross Catholic Church, Mararaba of N1 million. The prosecutor, Cpl. Hamen Donald, told the court that one Mr. Moses Adie reported the matter at `A\u2019 Police Division, Mararaba on August 24, at about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-art"],"yoast_head":"\n