A woman found guilty of fraud by a Lagos court has bagged a lengthy jail term which caused her to collapse as judgement was given by the Judge.
Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ishaya Bamaiyi
Mrs Oluronke Rosolu
Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos State, on Monday, sentenced a court registrar, Mrs Oluronke Rosolu, to 10 years imprisonment for defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ishaya Bamaiyi, of $330,000, according to the Nigerian Tribune.
Rosolu was convicted on all the two-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Lawal-Akapo, while sentencing Rosolu, said: "The representation that she never collected $330,000 from the complainant is deceptive; the accused could not provide a strong alibi for her whereabouts when the fraud occurred.
"I find the accused guilty as charged. As a registrar of court, the accused should have been an image maker of the judiciary, but she acted in the contrary. She has to swallow her bitter pill.
"On count one, I sentence the accused to 10 years imprisonment and on count two, I sentence the accused to 10 years imprisonment.
"Both sentences are to run concurrently."
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Rosolu collapsed in the dock as soon as the judge gave the verdict, wailing in Yoruba language: "I do not know anything about the money, what is going to happen to my children."