The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recorded its first conviction for 2015 on Wednesday January 28, 2015 as Justice A. Ongetenu of the Federal High Court Abakaliki, Ebonyi State convicted and sentenced one Monday Agha to 10years imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy, impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence.
Agha, who was arraigned on
July 20, 2013, allegedly fraudulently opened several accounts in different
banks using fictitious names with which he conspired with one Moses to defraud
some unsuspecting victims.
After diligent prosecution,
Justice Ongetenu convicted the accused on six of the eight count charge
preferred against him and sentenced him to 10years imprisonment.
The
convict was also ordered to pay N2,730,000 (two million, seven hundred and
thirty thousand naira) in restitution to the complainant.
One of the charge reads:
“that you Agha Monday (a.k.a Nwachukwu Peter Elom), Elder Emmanuel Elom, (at
large) Obinna Chijioke (at large) Agatha Chigbata Munachi (at large) Anthonia
C. Nwigwe (at large) Hon. P. A. Odonio (at large) sometime between December 2010
and April 2011 in Ebonyi State, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High
Court of Nigeria, Abakaliki with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of five
hundred and fifteen thousand naira (N515,000.00) from Chinyere Bright through
Oceanic Bank (now Eco Bank) account number 0190001034503 by false pretence that
the said Chinyere Bright has been awarded a contract for the printing and
supply of 25,000 pieces of polo shirts by the Government of Ebonyi State and
the said money is for mobilisation and processing of the said contract, which
pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section
1(1)(a) of Advance Fee Fraud and other fraud Related Offences Act,2006 and
punishable under Section 1(3)of the same Act”.
The convict had previously been convicted by a Federal High Court,
Enugu and
sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding a University don of N805,000.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
29th January, 2015
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