Justice R.M Aikawa of the
Federal High Court, Port Harcourt
on Wednesday February 26, 2014 convicted and sentenced one Ibiba Jack to thirty
five years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The convict was found
guilty on all of the 5-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment
on each of the counts. The jail term is however to run concurrently. Justice Aikawa
also ordered that the convict should return the sum of N14, 795,000.00
(Fourteen Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety Five Thousand Naira) in restitution
to the victim.
Jack was arrested and arraigned
in 2008 by the EFCC following a petition by a company, Multitek Data System
Limited, a distributor of telecommunication recharge cards and accessories. The
company alleged that Jack fraudulently obtained MTN recharge cards at different
times to the tune of N23, 475.000.00 (Twenty Three Million Four Hundred and
Seventy Five Thousand Naira) from it, purportedly on behalf of Shell Petroleum
Development Company, SPDC. The convict allegedly reneged on the agreement to
make payment every two weeks from date of delivery to SDPC off-shore location
but sold the cards without paying the company. When the complainant persisted
in demanding payment from the convict, Jack issued two Intercontinental bank
cheques for N14, 795.000.00 and N6, 000.00 which were returned unpaid due to
insufficient fund in his account.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
27th February, 2014
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