It was the
end of road for a fraudster on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 when Justice Dije
Aboki of the Kano State High Court, Kano convicted and sentenced one Ibrahim
Hassan popularly known as Comptroller Kangiwa, to ten (10) years and six months
imprisonment without option of fine in a case of conspiracy, personation and
obtaining by false presence instituted against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Hassan who
was prosecuted on a four count charge, allegedly obtained the sum of N11,
074,500.00 (Eleven Million, Seventy Four Thousand, Five Hundred Naira) from one
Alhaji Balarabe Sumaila, at Kano. The convict presented himself in company of
his syndicate to the said Sumaila as Comptroller Husaini Suleiman Kangiwa from
Zone C, Owerri Office of the Nigeria Customs Service in 2007. He told him that
he had twelve (12) containers of textile materials auctioned by the Customs
Service at the Tin Can Port, Apapa, Lagos for sale.
The
complainant together with the convict’s accomplices, thereafter travelled to
Lagos, where he was shown some containers containing the materials as
discussed. Without any scintilla of suspicion, Alhaji Balarabe paid the N11,
074,500 (Eleven Million, Seventy Four Thousand, Five Hundred Naira), to the
convict for processing, clearance and transportation of the goods from Lagos to
Kano. However all efforts made by the complainant to get the goods delivered or
his money paid back to him yielded no result.
Justice
Aboki found Hassan guilty of the charge and consequently convicted and
sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for obtaining the money by false
pretence, three years imprisonment for personation and another six months for conspiracy.
The sentence is to run concurrently.
The judge
also granted the restitution application filed bythe prosecuting counsel,
Nasiru Salele and ordered the convict to pay the sum of N11m (Eleven Million
Naira) to the complainant, Alhaji Balarabe Sumaila
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