Press Release
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Mohammed Adam
Mansur (left) and Mohammed Auwal
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Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High
Court Kano today October 28, 2014, convicted and sentenced the duo of Mohammed
Adam Mansur and Mohammed Auwal to twenty one years imprisonment
after they pleaded guilty to the 3-count charge of conspiracy and
obtaining money by false pretence preferred against them by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The convicts were arraigned by the
Commission on July 9, 2013 for conspiracy and attempt to defraud one
Alhaji Auwal Ayagi under the pretext that they were agents to Visafone
Communications Limited, (Zoo Road, Kano outlet) and that their company wanted
to purchase land from the complainant at the cost of N30, 000,000.
They demanded 10 percent
commission which they asked the complainant to pay into their bank account.
Upon arraignment they pleaded not
guilty but, in the cause of trial, after the prosecution had called one witness, the
duo dramatically changed plea and owned up to their crime.
Consequently, the prosecuting counsel,
Idris Haruna urged the court to convict them accordingly.
Justice Riman consequently convicted
the accused persons and sentenced them to twenty one years imprisonment each
without option of fine. The sentence of the first convict who has been in
prison custody since arraignment for failure to meet his bail terms is to start
from the date of arraignment.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
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