Borno judiciary staff bags 16-year jail term for defrauding 194 widows
DAILY POST learnt that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri zonal office prosecuted the convict.
Count one of the charge read: “That you, Ramat Mohammed , sometime in December, 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to defraud obtained the gross sum of N520,000.00 , only from 40 women of Fissabi-lillah Islamic School, under the false pretence that the entire sum represent payments for registration/eligibility for a programme by a Non-Governmental Organisation , Action Against Hunger at Auno Town of Konduga L.G.
Justice Fadawu said, “the court hereby sentenced you to eight years imprisonment on count one. You are hereby sentenced to eight years imprisonment on court two and the years to run concurrently”, Mohammed was convicted on one count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust to the tune of N1, 860,000.00.
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