Court
Jails Man For N7.6m Fraud.
Gombe State High Court has convicted and sentenced one
George Habu Nuhu to six months imprisonment for fraud.
Nuhu was prosecuted by the Gombe Zonal Command of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on a one-count charge of intent to
defraud.
The EFCC in a statement on its official X handle said
Nuhu pleaded “guilty” to the charge when it was read to him upon which
prosecution counsel, S.E. Okemini urged the court to convict and sentence him
accordingly.
However, the defence counsel, Yusuf A. Ali, pleaded with
the court to temper justice with mercy.
Delivering the judgment, Justice J.A. Kereng convicted
and sentenced Nuhu to six months imprisonment with an option of fine of Sixty
Thousand Naira.
The judge also ordered that the convict in addition,
would restitute the sum Seven Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-eight Thousand
Naira, being proceeds of his crime to his victim within six months, beginning
from May 2024.
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