Justice
Lambo Akambi, of the Federal High Court, Port
Harcourt on February 26, 2015 convicted and sentence
one Abdullahi Kokari to seven years imprisonment.
The convict was first
arraigned on November 12, 2013 on a 15-count charge of obtaining money from one
Babagana Chiroma by false pretence, an offence punishable under section 1 (1)
(b) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud
Related Offences Act 2006 and possession of fraudulent document contrary to
section 6 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related offences Act 2006.
One
of the count reads, “that you Abdullahi Kokari, on or about the 2nd
day of June, 2013 at Port Harcourt within the jurisdiction of this Honorable
Court, with intent to defraud, induced one Babagana Chiroma to pay the sum of
N1,700,000.00 into your account
domiciled at Zenith Bank Plc under the false pretence that you were going
to supply 33,000 litres of Condensed Oil which you knew to be false and thereby
committed an offence contrary to section 1 (1) (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and
Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14, 2006 and punishable under section 1(3)
of the same Act”.
The
convict had pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Abdullahi Kokari was discharged and
acquitted on counts 1 and count 2 but convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment on counts 3 to count 15.
The
sentence is to run concurrently.
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