The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 secured the conviction of one
Prince Uche Aduku who was prosecuted on a six count
charge of Conspiracy and Obtaining Money by False Pretence before Justice
U. N. Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
He
was convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment on each of the count.
The sentence is to run concurrently.
The convict was first arraigned on
March 15, 2012 before Justice M.A. Onyetenu of the same court, where he pleaded
not guilty. He later changed his plea to “guilty” on February 9, 2016.
One of the count reads; “that you
Prince Uche Aduku (alias Mr. Prince), Chima Ojadi (alias Engr. Emmanuel Etim) ,James
Osademe and Others now at large on or about November 2008 at Egbema town within
the
Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did conspire among yourselves to obtain Money by False Pretences from Messrs Credible Engineering Nigeria Limited through her chairman and managing director, Mr. Sigha Eyebodonghan and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of the same Act”.
Jurisdiction of this Honorable Court did conspire among yourselves to obtain Money by False Pretences from Messrs Credible Engineering Nigeria Limited through her chairman and managing director, Mr. Sigha Eyebodonghan and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of the same Act”.
In the same vein, Okezie Nwaosu and Emeka
Ariwa were also convicted and sentenced to Seven years and Twelve years
accordingly
before the same court in a case of Conspiracy and Obtaining Money by False Pretence. The convicts were first arraigned on April 24, 2013 before Justice U. N. Agomoh of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt. They had pleaded not guilty to a 11-count charge preferred against them by the commission.
before the same court in a case of Conspiracy and Obtaining Money by False Pretence. The convicts were first arraigned on April 24, 2013 before Justice U. N. Agomoh of the Federal High Court Port Harcourt. They had pleaded not guilty to a 11-count charge preferred against them by the commission.
After diligent prosecution, Justice
Agomoh found them guilty and sentenced
Okezie Nwaosu (1stconvict) to Seven years imprisonment on each count
while Emeka Ariwa (2nd convict) was convicted and sentenced to twelve years
imprisonment on each count. The sentences are to run concurrently. One of the
count reads; that you Okezie Nwaosu, Emaka Ariwa and Others at large on or about
the 19th October, 2009 within
the Jurisdiction of this Honourable
Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand Naira) from one David Akpan by falsely pretending that the said money will be used to perform some spiritual cleansing of some goods and foreign currencies, which pretence you knew was false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 2 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 2 (c) of the same Act”.
Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand Naira) from one David Akpan by falsely pretending that the said money will be used to perform some spiritual cleansing of some goods and foreign currencies, which pretence you knew was false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 2 (b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 2 (c) of the same Act”.
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