The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Gombe Zonal Command has arraigned and charged two persons to court where they were convicted and sentenced to nine years imprisonment.
EFCC in a statement on X, said the duo, Abdulwahab A. Magaji and Salihu Musa were sentenced to nine years imprisonment for employment fraud and intent to defraud on Monday.
The convict’s journey to the Correctional Centre began when Magaji was arrested for employment fraud and Musa for obtaining under false pretence, which landed them in court where they were sentenced and convicted by Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court Sitting.
Magaji faced a one-count charge of employment scam, while Musa was arraigned on two-count charges of intent to defraud and conspiracy by the Gombe Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The charge against Magaji reads: “That you Abdulwahab Adamu Magaji and Adamu Usman between January and December 2023 within the jurisdiction of this honourable court obtained the aggregate sum of Seven Million and Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (N7,800,000) only from one Hajia Hauwa Ali which you claimed was payment for the offer of an employment at Ministry of Health in Gombe, Gombe State and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 of the Penal Code Law and Punishable under Section 322 of the same Law.”
One of the charges against Musa reads: “That you Salihu Musa sometime in January 2023 at Gombe, Gombe State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court, with intent to defraud, made false documents, to wit: Bank of America ATM card with card No 4658656032040012, Australia New Zealand Bank Debit card, etc, which you knew to be false document and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 362 of the penal code law and punishable under Section 364 of the same law.”
The two defendants pleaded guilty when the charges were read to them, prompting prosecution counsel, S.E Okemini, to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly, while defence counsel, I.S Gadah and U.M Mojaji pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, stating that the defendants were first-time offenders.
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Justice Yakubu thereafter convicted and sentenced Musa to six years imprisonment with an option to pay a N60,000 (Sixty Thousand Naira) fine, and the defendant also forfeited an iPhone S6 being the tool of his crime to the Federal Government, while Magaji bagged three years imprisonment or a fine of N30,000 (Thirty Thousand Naira).
In addition, Magaji was ordered to pay N7,800,000 (Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Naira) being the proceeds of his crime to his victim within three months time, beginning from May 2024.
