47-year-old civil servant sent to jail for defrauding deaf and dumb of N1m
- A civil servant with the Oyo state ministry of land, housing and surveying has been sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for defrauding a deaf and dumb of N1 million
- The civil servant, Funmi Salako, and others were said to have conspired to defraud the victim
- They defrauded the victim under the pretext of helping him to purchase a piece of land for farming
A forty-seven year old woman, Funmi Salako, has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a magistrate court sitting in the Iwo road area of Ibadan, Oyo, for defrauding a deaf and dumb of N1 million.
The accused, a civil servant with the Oyo state ministry of land, housing and surveying, was first arraigned on June 5, 2017, on three counts of conspiracy, obtaining and stealing, Punch reports.
Legit.ng notes that the defendant collected the money from the victim, one Musibau Ilori, under the pretext of helping him to purchase a piece of land for farming along the Ibadan-Oyo expressway.
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According to the prosecutor, Sunday Ogunremi, Salako and others now at large fraudulently obtained N1 million from the victim under the pretext of helping him to buy two acres of land along the Ibadan-Oyo expressway.
He said: "The accused converted the money to her personal use without the owner’s consent. She committed an offence punishable under sections 518 (6), 419, 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, Cap 38 Vol. II, Law of Oyo state of Nigeria, 2000."
Salako's counsel, Florence Badmus, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy because the accused was the breadwinner of her family. According to her, the accused has paid back the sum of N500,000 to the victim.
The accused was sentenced to two years imprisonment with an option of fine in the sum of N60,000. The magistrate added that the victim must be paid the balance if the accused chose the option of fine.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that an FCT High Court sitting in Jabi sentenced two civil servants, Mohammed Audu and Yusuf Ayodeji, to 105 years imprisonment, for fraudulent activities.
Audu was docked on a 10-count charge while Ayodeji faced a five-count charge, both bordering on conspiracy, abuse of office and awarding contracts to companies in which they had interests, among others.
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Source: Legit.ng
