Man Jailed 10yrs For N230,000 Fraud

 
A Sokoto State High Court has sentenced one Bolanle Adefemiwa to 10 years of correctional service over N230, 000 fraud .
Justice Muhammad Sa’idu Sifawa, who convicted and sentenced Adefemiwa on Thursday, however, gave him an option of fine of N200,000.
Adefemiwa was arraigned on one-count of cheating, contrary to Section 310 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 311 of the same law.
The charge read: “That you Bolanle Adefemiwa and Segun Tinoulu (now at large) sometime in March, 2020 at Sokoto within the jurisdiction of the Sokoto State High Court, did fraudulently cheat one Dahiru Ibrahim by dishonestly deceiving him to collect a total sum of N230,000.00 (Two Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira) without his consent and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 310 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law 2019 and punishable under Section 311 of the same law”.
Adefemiwa pleaded guilty to the charge upon his arraignment.
In view of the defendant’s plea, prosecution counsel, S.H. Sa’ad, prayed the court to convict and sentence the defendant in line with Section 311 of the Penal Code Law.
However, defence counsel, Shamsu A. Dauda, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, as his client was a first time offender who had also become remorseful.
He also told the court that the defendant had restituted the victim the sum of N230, 000.00 he fraudulently collected from him.
Justice Sifawa, thereafter convicted and sentenced Adefemiwa to 10 years imprisonment with an option of N200,000 fine.