Telephone Repairman Arraigned for Alleged Illegal Money Transfer

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A Gudu high court in Abuja on Friday admitted a telephone repairer, Lukman Ibrahim, to a 20,000 N bail for an alleged illegal transfer of N15,000 from a client's online account.
Ibrahim, 34, of the Kado estate in Abuja, faces a charge of two counts of criminal breach of trust and theft.
However, he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Judge, Mr. Umar Kagarko, admitted the defendant to bail with a reliable bond in the same amount.
Kagarko postponed the hearing on the matter until July 19.
Earlier, Prosecutor Kufreabasi Ebong had told the court that the defendant illegally activated his GTBank client's online account and transferred the amount of it.
Ebong said that the complainant, Ishaya Aliyu of Area 1, Garki, reported the matter at the Garki police station on May 17.
According to the prosecutor, the plaintiff handed over his phone to the defendant for repairs, but he accessed his PIN code and stole N15,000 from the plaintiff's online account GTBank by transferring it.
"In the course of the police investigations, it was discovered that Ibrahim transferred the money to another GTBank account belonging to a Lawal Abdurahman," Ebong said.
He said the defendant went to collect the money from said Abdurahman after the transfer.
Ebong said that the crimes violated articles 311 and 287 of the Penal Code Law