Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Alhaji Nasiru Adinoyi Ogara, a retiree of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, to 16 years imprisonment for N24m fraud.
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ogara and his company, New Age Motor Waste Basket Limited, were prosecuted on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretense and issuance of dud cheques to the tune of N24m.
The offences are contrary to Section 1(1) (b) and (2) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Fraud Offences Act 2006, bordering on obtaining by false pretence.
He was also accused of contravening Section 1(1) (b) and 2(b) of the Dishonoured Cheques (Offences) Act in counts three and four.
He pleaded “not guilty” to all the charges when he was first arraigned in February 2018.
Delivering judgment, Justice Dada held that the prosecution effectively proved the ingredients of the offences filed against the defendants.
Ogara was pronounced guilty on counts one to three and was sentenced to 14 years in prison on counts one and two, and two years on count three.
The sentences are to run concurrently. However, he was discharged on count four.
