MAN GETS 7 YEARS IN PRISON OVER N.8M FRAUD IN ENUGU

Justice M. L. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court Enugu, Enugu State on
Friday January 17, 2014 convicted and sentenced one Monday Agha who
was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on a
four count charge of obtaining money under false pretences to seven
years imprisonment.
Justice Shuaibu convicted the accused and sentenced him to seven years
imprisonment on counts one, three, and four without option of fine,
but discharged him on count two. The sentences are to run
concurrently.
Agha, a serial fraudster who is also facing trial on an 8-count charge
of obtaining money under false pretence before a Federal High Court,
Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, defrauded one Paul. O. Ezema, a teacher at
the University of Nigeria, of about N805, 000 when he claimed to be a
dealer in electrical rings used for pipeline protection by the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
One of the charges against the accused read, that "You Monday Agha,
Engr Chris Ezea, (at large) Nwadike a.k.a papa (at large) and Engr.
Benson Banigo (at large) on or about 11th August 2012 in Enugu within
the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria with intent to
defraud obtained the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand naira
(N350, 000.00) from Paul. O. Ezema by false pretence that you were
selling to him an electrical ring used by NNPC for pipeline protection
which pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence
contrary to section 1 (1) (a) of Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud
Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of the
same Act".