Two young Nigerians were on Thursday convicted and sentenced to sixty years and fifty years imprisonment respectively on six count charges of offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretenses.
Justice J. K. Omotosho of Federal High Court Kano on Thursday November 24, 2016, convicted and sentenced the duo of Emmanuel Moyi a.k.a Abba Musa Bello and Victor Ali Ishaya to 60 years and 50 years imprisonment respectively on six count charges of offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence.
The convict's journey to prison started when the commission recieved a petition from of victims alleging that the convicts obtained several sums of money from them under the guise that they were going to give them employment and contract.
The convicts succeeded in their fraudulent activity through phone calls with different GSM numbers and phony names. After the victims have parted with huge sums of money through different bank accounts supplied by the convicts they realised they were being duped.
However, further investigation by the EFCC revealed that those accounts were specifically opened by the convicts in order to perperate their fraudulent activities.
In his Judgement, Justice Omotosho convicted and sentenced the first convict, Emmanuel Moyi to 10 years imprisonment with option N100,000 fine, on each of count one to six while the second convict was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with option of N100,000 fine on each of count two to six.
The sentences are to run concurrently.