Man convicted of fraud by EFCC gets four months jail term

              

Justic P. I. Ajoko, of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, has sentenced Ogundiran Tosin Iyanu to four-month imprisonment.

Ogundiran was found guilty of a one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office, and sentenced yesterday.

The convict, who earlier pleaded not guilty on December 16, 2018, later changed his plea to guilty.

His latest plea led to an amendment of the charge and re-arraignment on March 5, on a one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence contrary to Section 419 of the Criminal Code Act.

The charge sheet reads: “That you Ogundiran Tosin Iyanu and Ayomide Balogun (at large) on or about April 5, 2018 at Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this court with intent to defraud, obtained N282,500 only from Adeyemi Adejumo, which pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 419 of the Criminal Code Act, Cap C38 Laws of Nigeria, 2004.”

After considering the merit of the charge and the evidence as presented by the prosecution counsel, Sanusi Galadanchi, the judge, convicted and sentenced the defendant to four-month imprisonment with effect from the date of his arraignment.