Gombe state Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC and a state High Court on Monday has sentenced one Isiyaku Dahiru to 12 months in prison after a fraudulent transaction of 3,500,000 million naira.
According to a report by the EFCC, Dahiru and his company, Zafran and Brothers Investment Limited were arraigned on a count charge bordering on cheating.
The defendant, who pleaded guilty to the offense, was said to have fraudulently taken the huge sum from one Usman Ahmad as payment for 50KG of 700 bags of salt.
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Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu, the presiding judge, in his ruling, convicted and sentenced the defendant and his company to 12 months imprisonment.
The charge reads: ” That you Isiyaku Dahiru and Zafran & Brothers Investment Ltd on or about 18th April, 2022 in Gombe, Gombe State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently took the sum of N3,500 000.00 (Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira) property of Usman Ahmad, which you claimed was payment for 50kg of 700 bags of salt but converted same to your personal use and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 of the Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 322 of the same law.”
Furthermore, the prosecutor counsel, S.E Okemini prayed the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendant, Sani Rabiu pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy “as the defendant is a first- time offender who is remorseful for his crime.
