A man, Salihu Zakari, has been jailed for six months by Justice Suleiman Baba Na-Malam of the Kano State High Court for forgery.
According to information available to NIGERIACRIME, the convict was brought before the court alongside one Ado Musa for allegedly conniving and defrauding innocent victims under the guise of securing employment for them at the Kano State Senior Secondary School Board.
The charge reads, “That you, Ado Musa and Salihu Zakari sometime between March 2022 and June 2022, at Kano within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud presented a forged document to wit; Offer of Employment by the Kano State Senior Secondary Schools Management Board (K.S.S.M.B) which you used to obtain the sum of N1,650,000,00. (One Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) only from Messrs. Bello Abdul Hamid Abubakar, Sunusi Adamu, Kabir Musa Abdullahi, Ibrahim Ahmad Abdullahi, Abdullahi Muhammad Warba, and Yahaya Said Hayatu, under the false pretense that the sum was for securing employment at Government Secondary School Makoda, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 366 of The Penal Code.”
The convict pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him, leading the counsel for the prosecution, Aisha Tahar Habib to pray the court to convict him accordingly.
At the same time, Habib requested for a trial date in respect of Ado Musa who pleaded ‘not guilty’.
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Consequently, Justice Na-Malam sentenced Zakari to six months imprisonment with an option of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) fine.
In respect of Musa, the court remanded him in Kano Correctional Facility till October 4, 2023 when the trial will commence.
Similarly, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, have arrested an ex-cybercrime convict and 54 other suspects for alleged internet fraud in Oyo town.
This was contained in a statement issued in Ibadan on Friday and signed by the commission’s Head, Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren.
Uwujaren recalled that Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State had on Feb. 15, 2022, convicted and sentenced the ex-convict to seven months imprisonment without an option of fine for his involvement in cybercrime.
He said the ex-convict was arrested alongside 54 others at Oyo town, on Thursday following verified intelligence regarding their internet fraud activities.
Uwujaren listed the Items recovered from the suspects to include seven exotic vehicles, 79 mobile phones, four laptops and several incriminating documents, among others.
The anti-graft spokesperson said the suspects would be charged to court once investigations are concluded.