Court jails man 7 years for visa scam
(Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Thursday, convicted a school teacher, Idris Buhari and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence.
The convict who was prosecuted on a three count charge
brought against im by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was arrested following a complaint by
Abdullahi Salisu Muhammad alleging that he gave the convict the sum of
N500,000.00 for the processing of Hajj ticket in April, 2012, after he
presented himself as a registered travelling agent.
But the convict allegedly diverted the funds to his personal
use and all efforts to recover the money or get the ticket were futile.
Part of the charge reads, “that you Idris Buhari sometime in
April 2012 at Kano within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court with intend to defraud did obtain the sum of
N500,000 cash from one Abdullahi Muhammad on the pretence that you are a
registered travel agent licensed to provide visa and tickets for intending
travellers for the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca which pretence you knew to
be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1a, (a) of the
Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2016 and punishable under
Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”
He pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him.
Trial judge, Justice J K Omotosho consequently convicted and
sentenced him to seven years imprisonment.
He convict, however, received an option of N200, 000 fine
considering the fact that he had resituated the victim the sum of N500,000.
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