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The
Economic and Fiunacial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recorded its first conviction
for 2015 on Wednesday January 28, 2015 as Justice A. Ongetenu of the Federal
High Court Abakaliki, Ebonyi State convicted and sentenced one Monday Agha to
10years imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy, impersonation and
obtaining money by false pretence.
Agha,
who was arraigned on July 20, 2013, allegedly fraudulently opened several
accounts in different banks using fictitious names with which he conspired with
one Moses to defraud some unsuspecting victims.
After
diligent prosecution, Justice Ongetenu convicted the accused on six of the
eight count charge preferred against him and sentenced him to 10years
imprisonment.
The convict was also
ordered to pay N2,730,000 (two million, seven hundred and thirty thousand
naira) in restitution to the complainant.
One of the charge reads:
“that you Agha Monday (a.k.a Nwachukwu Peter Elom), Elder Emmanuel Elom, (at
large) Obinna Chijioke (at large) Agatha Chigbata Munachi (at large) Anthonia
C. Nwigwe (at large) Hon. P. A. Odonio (at large) sometime between December
2010 and April 2011 in Ebonyi State, within the jurisdiction of the Federal
High Court of Nigeria, Abakaliki with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of
five hundred and fifteen thousand naira (N515,000.00) from Chinyere Bright
through Oceanic Bank (now Eco Bank) account number 0190001034503 by false
pretence that the said Chinyere Bright has been awarded a contract for the
printing and supply of 25,000 pieces of polo shirts by the Government of Ebonyi
State and the said money is for mobilisation and processing of the said
contract, which pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of Advance Fee Fraud and other fraud Related
Offences Act,2006 and punishable under Section 1(3)of the same Act”.
The convict had
previously been convicted by a Federal High Court, Enugu and sentenced to 7
years in prison for defrauding a University don of N805,000.
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