A fraudster, Emmanuel Osita, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for duping an 81 year old woman.
Justice Lawal Akapo of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja, on Monday, sentenced the accused after finding him guilty.
The convict was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) following a petition from a legal practitioner on
behalf of one Mrs. Veronica Okonkwo, an 81-year-old woman who was the
victim.
According to the EFCC, the convict, while operating as
a commercial tri-cyclist, conspired with other persons who are still at
large and told the victim that they had the capacity to produce local
and foreign currencies from pieces of papers by dipping them into
mercury.
Osita and his accomplices hoodwinked the 81-year-old
woman to let go the sum of N120,000 as registration fee with a mercury
company prior to the procurement of the chemical.
The
octogenarian was also induced to sell her property in Festac Town Lagos
for N27 million and the proceeds appropriated by the convict and his
cohorts.
Upon his arrest, the convict was arraigned on July 1,
2014. He subsequently pleaded guilty after making restitution to the
victim; including the property valued at N27 million as the alleged
buyer forfeited same to the victim.
Based on his plea and the
restitution of the victim, Justice Lawal Akapo convicted and sentenced
the accused to three years imprisonment without any option of fine.
Credit: Nigerian Tribune
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