Man Gets N100, 000 Option Of Fine For N2.1m Fraud In Borno

One Ibrahim Mohammed, convicted for fraud of N2.1million has been sentenced to six months imprisonment.

The conviction followed his prosecution by the Maiduguri zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count bordering on cheating to the tune of N2.1m.

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Mohammed, who was sentenced by Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on Tuesday, was however, given an option of N100,000 fine.

A statement issued on Wednesday by EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said Count one of the charge read: “That you Ibrahim Mohammed, sometime in January, 2020 at Maiduguri, Borno State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, dishonestly induced one Mustapha Saleh to deliver to you the sum of N1, 450,000.00 (One Million Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only, being payment for 220 pieces of Airtel SIM cards, purported to have emanated from World Food Programme (WFP), a non-governmental organization, to be used as a means of providing financial assistance to victims of insurgency and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320(b) of the Penal Code Law of Borno State Cap. 102 Vol. 3 of 1994 and punishable under Section 322 of the same law.”

According to Uwujaren, Mohammed pleaded guilty to the charge, following which prosecution counsel, Haruna Abdulkadir, urged the court to convict and sentence him accordingly, while defence counsel, A.B Usman, asked the court to temper justice with mercy.

The anti-graft agency spokesman said: “Justice Kumaliya sentenced him to six months imprisonment with N50,000 option of fine on each of the two counts.

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“Besides the prison term Mohammed will restitute his victim the sum of N2.138,000.00 (Two Million One Hundred and Thirty Eight Thousand Naira), being the proceeds of his crime.”

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