A Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, has ordered the forfeiture of a Mercedes Benz
truck with registration number: AG 601 ABA, to the Federal Government,
belonging to one Godfrey Obioha.
The convict
was found guilty on a two- count charge bordering on illegal dealing in
petroleum products without appropriate license, preferred against him by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
He arraigned before Justice
A. Onyetenu on 26 November, 2014
convicted and sentenced to a four-year jail term without an
option of fine.
The journey
to prison started for Godfrey in 2008, when he was arrested by the Nigerian
Security and Civil Defense Corp, with 30,000 litres of substances suspected to
be automotive gas oil, without license and handed over to the EFCC for further
investigation and possible prosecution.He had pleaded not guilty to the charges
on arraignment.
One of the
charges against him reads, “that you Godfrey Obioha and Bright Obioha on or
about the 10th April 2008 at Port Harcourt did without appropriate license deal
in petroleum product to wit: 30,000 litres of petroleum product suspected to be
AGO (diesel) conveyed in a Mercedes Benz truck with Reg. No AG 601 ABA for sale
and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(17) (a) of the
Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17 of the Revised Edition (laws of the
Federation of Nigeria) 2007”.
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