Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu has sentenced one Mohammed Sani Zubair to two years imprisonment for defrauding a retired Nigerian Army General, Major General Geoffrey Ejiga to the tune of one and eighty million naira.
News release from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC made available few hours ago indicated that Zubair’s journey to the Correctional Centre started when children of one retired Major General Geoffrey Ejiga petitioned the EFCC alleging that a syndicate of fraudsters took advantage of their father’s old age to defraud him of over 180, 000,000 naira, (One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira only).
The news release reads thus:
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has convicted and sentenced Mohammed Sani Zubair to two years imprisonment.
Zubair, a serial fraudster was first arraigned on October 8, 2018, on 4-count charges bordering on fraudulent dealings.
He was alleged to be a member of a syndicate that specialized in defrauding people.
Specifically, he defrauded a retired Army General to the tune of 180.000, 000 naira (One Hundred and Eighty Million Naira only)
The EFCC investigated the matter and found out that Zubair was involved in several other fraudulent dealings.
He was eventually prosecuted and convicted by the court.