Couple baggage 14 years for N67 million fraud

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state on Monday convicted and sentenced a pair, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odia (a.ok.a Kristein Uyanwanne) to 14 years on  jail every for N67,659,592 (Sixty-seven million, 600 and fifty-nine thousand, 5 hundred and ninety-two naira) fraud.

EFCC Head Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, Tuesday, mentioned the decide additionally ordered a full restitution of the mentioned sum, sixty-seven million, 600 and fifty-nine thousand, 5 hundred and ninety-two naira to the petitioner, Olusola Odemuyiwa.

One of the counts reads : “Kemi Odia and Harry Uyanwanne (a.k.a Ben Ololorma) sometime in 2010 at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court by false pretence and intent to defraud sold the property known as N0 19 Murtala Mohammed Way, Ebute Meta, Oyingbo Lagos to one Harry Dyawanne for the sum of sixteen million naira N16.000,0O0.00) on the false pretence representation that you were authorised to sell the property by the Bonalde Beneficiaries of the Estate of Late Dr Moshood Babatunde Odemuyiwa which representation you knew was false”.

He mentioned the convicts had been jailed on a three-count cost bordering on conspiracy, stealing and acquiring cash by false pretence introduced towards them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 1.

They had been nevertheless discharged of the fourth depend cost bordering on forgery.

At their arraignment, they pleaded not responsible, and the prosecution counsel, Fadeke Giwa commenced trial, she known as three witnesses and tendered a number of paperwork whereas defence known as just one witness.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Dada held that the prosecution proved its case past cheap doubt and due to this fact discovered each defendants responsible.

On depend one, Justice Dada convicted and sentenced the duo to 3 years imprisonment, on depend two- stealing to 1 yr, on depend three- acquiring cash by false pretence to 10 years(with out choice of superb) whereas on depend 4, forgery, they had been discharged.

The decide additionally ordered that the primary defendant’s sentence be suspended till apprehended.

It can be recalled that the prosecution had alleged that someday in 2010, the duo conspired and dishonestly stole the property of Beneficiaries of the Estate of late Dr. Moshood Babatunde Odemuyiwa opposite to Section 285(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.

Also, the defendants with false intent to defraud, allegedly bought the property referred to as Plot 19, Muritala Mohammed Way, Ebute Meta, Oyingbo Lagos to 1 Harry Uyanwanne( the convict) for the sum of Sixteen Million Naira on the false presentation that the primary defendant was authorised to promote the property by the bonafide beneficiaries of the Estate of late Dr. Moshood Odemuyiwa, which illustration he knew was false.