A 23-year-old, hair stylist Chijioke Esomchi , was on Tuesday docked in a Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly defrauding his customer.
The police charged Esomchi, who lives in Gawrinpa Abuja with criminal breach of trust.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr. Chinedu Ogada, told the court that on Sept. 30 the complainant, Ekwele Obianulu of No 26 Marcus Poli Galadima Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja, reported the matter at the Gwarinpa Police station.
Ogada said that on April 22 the complainant gave the defendant seven human hair extensions to treat and apply dye.
He said the defendant charged the complainant N20,000 and she paid him N10,000 as advance payment.
He told the court that out of the seven human extensions, the defendant returned only one hair and could not produce the remaining six hair.
He said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 312 and 322 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Judge, Sulyman Ola, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 with one surety in like sum.
Ola ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and must produce reliable means of identification.
He adjourned the matter until Dec. 20, for hearing.