Man sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment For Contract Scam
Find the EFCC press statement below...
The Economic and Fiunacial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recorded its first conviction for 2015 on Wednesday January 28, 2015 as Justice A. Ongetenu of the Federal High Court Abakaliki, Ebonyi State convicted and sentenced one Monday Agha to 10 years imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy, impersonation and obtaining money by false pretence.
After
diligent prosecution, Justice Ongetenu convicted the accused on six of
the eight count charge preferred against him and sentenced him to 10
years imprisonment.The convict was also ordered to pay
N2,730,000 (two million, seven hundred and thirty thousand naira) in
restitution to the complainant
One of the charges reads: “that you Agha Monday (a.k.a
Nwachukwu Peter Elom), Elder Emmanuel Elom, (at large) Obinna Chijioke
(at large) Agatha Chigbata Munachi (at large) Anthonia C. Nwigwe (at
large) Hon. P. A. Odonio (at large) sometime between December 2010 and
April 2011 in Ebonyi State, within the jurisdiction of the Federal High
Court of Nigeria, Abakaliki with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of
five hundred and fifteen thousand naira (N515,000.00) from Chinyere
Bright through Oceanic Bank (now Eco Bank) account number 0190001034503
by false pretence that the said Chinyere Bright has been awarded a
contract for the printing and supply of 25,000 pieces of polo shirts by
the government of Ebonyi State and the said money is for mobilisation
and processing of the said contract, which pretence you knew to be false
and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of Advance
Fee Fraud and other fraud Related Offences Act,2006 and punishable
under Section 1(3)of the same Act”.
The
convict had previously been convicted by a Federal High Court, Enugu
and sentenced to 7 years in prison for defrauding a University don of
N805,000.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
29th January, 2015
Head, Media & Publicity
29th January, 2015
