A Federal High Court in Kano on Wednesday, 2 July, 2014 sentenced a young man named, Stephen Onyekachi to 14 years impriso
PMNEWS reports that the accused was arraigned by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, 0n 6 June, 2013, on a 3-count charge
of allegedly obtaining the sum of N220, 000 from one Auwal Shehu Garba
under the pretext that he had a solar indicator for sale.
It was gathered that Onyekachi approached the complainant through a
phone call and offered him a business deal after which Garba allegedly
made a payment of N200, 000 and also sent him MTN recharge card worth
N20,000.
After listening to counsel of the defendant and the prosecutor,
Justice Riman sentenced the accused to seven years imprisonment on
counts one and three while count two was dismissed for lack of
documentary evidence.
The judge also ordered Onyekachi to pay the sum of N220, 000 in restitution to the victim.
* Onyekachi
One of the counts read, “that you Stephen Onyekachi (Alias Steven Onyero) and others (now at large) on or about 20th January, 2012 at Kano, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud obtained from one Auwal Shehu Garba, the sum of N200, 000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira Only) via Stephen Onyekachi’s account domiciled at United Bank For Africa account number 2047444748, thereby committed an offence contrary to section 8(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act”.
* The accused fraudster
Financial fraud cases are not new in Kano.
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