Justice J K Omotosho of the Federal High Court Kano, today convicted a school
teacher, Idris Buhari and sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment for offences
bordering on obtaining by false pretence.
The convict who was prosecuted
on a three count charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, was arrested following
a complaint by Abdullahi Salisu Muhammad alleging that he gave the convict the
sum of N500,000.00 for the processing of Hajj ticket in April, 2012, after he
presented himself as a registered travelling agent. But the convict allegedly diverted
the funds to his personal use and all efforts to recover the money or get the
ticket were futile
Part of the charge reads, “that
you Idris Buhari sometime in April 2012 at Kano within the jurisdiction of the
Federal High Court with intend to defraud did obtain the sum of N500,000.00
cash from one Abdullahi Salisu Muhammad on the pretence that you are a
registered travel agent licensed to provide visa and tickets for intending
travellers for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca which pretence you knew to
be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1a, (a) of the
Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2016 and punishable under Section
1 (3) of the same Act”.
He pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him. Justice Omotosho consequently convicted and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment.
He convict however received an option of N200, 000.00 fine considering the fact that he had restituted the victim the sum of N500,000.00
He pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him. Justice Omotosho consequently convicted and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment.
He convict however received an option of N200, 000.00 fine considering the fact that he had restituted the victim the sum of N500,000.00
No comments:
Post a Comment