Couple luggage 14 years for N67m fraud in Lagos

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State on Monday, November 2, 2026, convicted and sentenced a pair, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odia (a.okay.a Kristein Uyanwanne) to a fourteen 12 months imprisonment every for N67,659,592 (Sixty-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Fifty-Nine Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety-Two Naira) fraud.

The EFCC in a press release launched on this morning, stated the decide additionally ordered a full restitution of the stated sum, Sixty-Seven Million, Six Hundred and Fifty-Nine Thousand, Five 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 authorized to sell the property by the  Bonalde Beneficiaries of the Estate of Late Dr Moshood Babatunde Odemuyiwa which representation you knew was false”.

The convicts have 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 have been nonetheless 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 referred to as three witnesses and tendered a number of paperwork whereas defence referred to as just one witness.

Delivering his judgment, Justice Dada held that the prosecution proved its case past affordable doubt and subsequently discovered each defendants responsible.

On depend one, Justice Dada convicted and sentenced the duo to 3 years imprisonment, on depend two- stealing to at least one 12 months, on depend three- acquiring cash by false pretence to 10 years(with out choice of wonderful) whereas on depend 4,  forgery, they have 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 often called Plot 19, Muritala Mohammed Way, Ebute Meta, Oyingbo Lagos to at least one 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.