Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Dije Abdu Aboki
has convicted and sentenced one Bashir Ahmed Haruna to seven months
imprisonment for criminal breach of trust and forgery. He is also to pay a fine
of N200, 000.
The convict and his accomplice, one Abdul Awwal Yahaya, were
arraigned on November 18, 2013 for conspiring among themselves to obtain over
N2, 000, 000 (Two Million Naira Only) from one Mohammed Awwal Ustaz by
presenting themselves as agents of
Future University in Cairo Egypt and offering to help secure admission for his
children into the University.
Upon arraignment, they pleaded not guilty to a 7-count charge.
But on January 8, 2014 Bashir Ahmed
dramatically changed his plea as he pleaded guilty to a two count charge.
The trial Judge consequently convicted him.
One of the charge on which Haruna was convicted reads, “that
You Abdul Awwal Yayhaya and Bashir Ahmed Haruna sometimes in 2011 in Kano
within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kano State with intent to defraud
fraudulently used as genuine a forged admission letter in the name of Aisha
Mohammed Umar purported to have been issued and signed by the authorities of
Future University, Cairo, Egypt and thereby committed an offence contrary to
section 366 and punishable under section 364 of the Penal Code”.
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