The Chief Magistrate Court I in Yola, Adamawa State has convicted and sentenced a 30 years old man, Ahmed Mohammed to 12 years imprisonment for the offences of "criminal breach of trust, cheating and impersonation".
Magistrate Alheri Ishaku sentenced Ahmed (aka Babangida) after he was tried and found guilty for offences which contravened sections 302, 312 and 145 of the penal code law 2018.
Ahmed, an indigent of Kaduna State, bagged 5 years prison term or N150,000, option of fine for the offence of criminal breach of trust and 5 years jail term or pay N100,000 fine for cheating.
He is to spend another 2 years behind bars or alternatively pay the sum of N100,000 fine. All the sentences, according to the judge, are to run concurrently.
The judge also ordered him to pay the sum of N5.250million to Munete Benson Atanga and N870,000 to Hasiya Hamman as compensation as well as N150,000 cost of litigation.
Ahmed duped Munete Benson of Sangere Futy of the amount of money after he had promised to offer her Covid-19 Financial Grant or Empowernment in June, 2022.
The convict, who was parading himself as biological son of then Minister of Police Affairs, also deceived his 2nd victim, Hasiya Hamman and defrauded her of the aforestated amount.
He was arrested following a complaint by Munete Benson Atanga, to the Commissioner of Police dated 9th December, 2022 where she narrated how Ahmed had tricked and defrauded her.
He was arraigned before the court by the Prosecutor, Inspector S.S. Nicholas, where he admitted having perpetrated the crime.
The prosecuting police officer assembled witnesses whose testimonies corroborated the guilt plea of the convict as provided by the Administration of Criminal Justice Law, hence his conviction.
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