EFCC Press Release
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, on Thursday, May 14, 2015, secured another conviction, as one Ofonome S. Enukora was sentenced to seven years imprisonment without an
option of fine by Justice I.B. Gafar of the Federal High Court sitting
in Akwa, Anambra State.
The
convict had earlier been arraigned on February 12, 2015 on a two-count charge
bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N4, 500,000( Four
Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira).
Though
the convict was discharged and acquitted on the first count, he was found
guilty of the second count and was sentenced to seven years.
He
was also ordered to pay the sum of N4, 500,000( Four Million Five Hundred
Thousand Naira) to the complainant.
Meanwhile,
the Commission today
arraigned one Emmanuel Ade Toluhi before Justice Bello Kawu of the FCT High Court, Kubwa, Abuja on a
two-count charge of fraud.
One of the charges read: “That you
Emmanuel Ade Toluhi sometime in 2009 in Abuja within the Judicial Division of
the FCT High Court committed criminal misappropriation to wit: dishonestly
converted to your own use the sum of Two Million Naira being the payment for
the unlawful sale of a two bedroom uncompleted flat situated at No 218A F.C.D.A
Estate Zone B, Angwan Mada Gidan Mangoro, along Jikwoyi-Karshi FCT Abuja
belonging to one Alfred Ayodeji Ogbonda and thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 308 of the Penal Code Law cap 532 Laws of the Federation of
Nigeria 1990 Abuja and punishable under section 309 of the same law.”
The accused person, however, pleaded
not guilty.
Justice Bello Kawu adjourned the case
till May 15, 2015, for consideration of bail application and ordered the
accused person to be remanded in prison custody.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media
& Publicity
14th
May, 2015
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