Justice
Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano today, September 30, 2014 convicted
and sentenced one Abubakar Salihu to five years imprisonment with option of
N300, 000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) fine on one count charge of possession
of counterfeit United State Dollars.
The
convict was arrested on July 22, 2014 by operatives of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, after he was named as accomplice in another
fraud investigation. He was arrested with five pieces of counterfeit one hundred
dollar bills.