Waiter charged to court for drinking wine worth N442,000

Firstclass newsline learnt that the police on Monday arraigned a
29-year-old waiter, Daniel Itoro, in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates'
Court, Abuja, for allegedly consuming drinks worth N442,000.
Itoro of Mararaba, Abuja, was arraigned on a two-count charge of
criminal breach of trust and misappropriation.
The prosecutor, Corporal Monday Akor, told the court that one Mr Onuh
Solomon of City Park Garden, Wuse 2, Abuja, reported the case at the
Maitama Police Station on June 17.
Akor said that the complainant entrusted the central bar of the garden
to the accused, and he dishonestly "converted drinks worth N442,000 to
his personal consumption."
According to the prosecutor, the offences contravened the provisions
of sections 312 and 308 of Penal Code.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied the allegations.
The Magistrate, Mr Chukwuemaka Ubani, granted the accused bail in the
sum of N100,000 with a surety in like sum.
Ubani ordered that the surety must be resident within the jurisdiction
of the court and have a means of identification.
He adjourned the case till August 24 for hearing.
Firstclassnewsline.net