A pastor of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) Majamiyar Ceto Jeka da Fari in Jalingo, Taraba state, Eli B. Dilli, has landed in Yola prison for allegedly cheating Tufini hotel the sum of N518, 000.
Eli Dilli, who was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Court I Jimeta, on Tuesday, for the offence of cheating the hotel located along Army barracks road in Yola, denied committing the crime.
He was said to have lodged in the hotel for five (5) months and eleven (11) days, and paid the sum of N100, 000 out of N618, 000 hotel bill he incurred for the period of time he spent in the hotel.
According to the First Information Report (FIR) read in the court, the defendant lodged in the hotel on the 6th November, 2018 and kept maintaining the apartment till the 17th April, 2019, where he paid the sum of N100, 000 only, remaining the balance of N518, 000.
He was alleged to have left the apartment since that time without settling the outstanding bill contrary to section 312 of the state penal code law, 2018.
After he pleaded not guilty to the offence, the prosecutor, Sergent Sawe Nicholas, urged the court to adjourn the matter to enable him call witnesses to prove his case against him.
Chief Magistrate Aliyu Bawuro, had while ruling on the application, adjourned the matter to 16th August, 2021, for hearing and ordered that the pastor be remanded in prison custody till then.
NEWS PLATFORM who was in court, saw the pastor with handcuff being taking to prison by a security personnel.
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ReplyDeletePastor Eli Dilli is a disgrace to the christian family, his entire members of the family and I pray God almighty to redirect his ways to the vein yard IJMN AMEN.
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