Justice Adamu Hobon of the Federal High Court, Benin, Edo State had on Thursday convicted and sentenced four fraudsters, Aimuamwehi Friday Osareren, Omorede Darlington, Iyokho Nosa and Agugba Chukwuemeka to 160 years imprisonment. The convicts were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on July 18, 2011 and December 7, 2011 on separate charges bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences.
While the first three convicts, Aimuamwehi Friday Osareren, Omorede Darlington and Iyokho Nosa, were arraigned on an 11-count charge, the fourth, Agugba Chukwuemeka, was prosecuted on a two-count charge.
They were found guilty and convicted accordingly.
Justice Hobon convicted Aimuamwehi Friday Osareren on all the eleven charges and sentenced him to 98 years imprisonment.
Omorede Darlington, and Iyokho Nosa got 21 years jail term each.
The fourth convict, Agugba Chukwuemeka, who was prosecuted on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence and issuance of a dud cheque, was convicted on both counts and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
The convict is to refund N7,500,000 to the victim.
A count in the charge against the fourth convict reads: “That you Agugba Chukwuemeka between the month of November, 2009 and August, 2010 at Benin City within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of seven million five hundred thousand Naira only from one Emmanuel Agbongiague under the false pretence that the said sum of money would be used for the purchase of a property to wit: a house of five bedrooms, five toilets and a car park situated and lying at No. 7 Ahonore close, Uselu, Benin City, in favour of the said Emmanuel Agbongiague, facts which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1(1)(a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.”
SOURCE: DAILYPOST
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