Two fraudsters sentenced to jail in Gombe
The Gombe High Court, sitting on Monday, convicted and sentenced two fraudsters to jail for fraud-related offences.
The EFCC disclosed this in a statement posted on X on Tuesday.
The statement said, “Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court, sitting in Gombe, on Monday, May 13, 2024, convicted and sentenced the duo of Abdulwahab A. Magaji and Salihu Musa to nine years imprisonment for employment fraud and intent to defraud.
“Magaji faced a one-count charge of employment scam, while Musa was arraigned on two-count charges of intent to defraud and conspiracy.”
After the defendants pleaded guilty to the charges read to them, the prosecution counsel, S.E Okemini, prayed the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
However, the defence counsels, I.S Gadah and U.M Mojaji, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy because the defendants were first-time offenders.
The judge sentenced Musa to six years in jail with an option of a N60,000 fine. The convict also forfeited an iPhone S6, said to be the tool of his crime, to the federal government.
On the other hand, the judge slammed Magaji with a three-year jail term with an option of a N30,000 fine and ordered him to pay N7,800,000, the proceeds of his crime, to his victim within three months, starting from May 2024.
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