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Magistrate Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, on
Mondaysentenced a 90-year-old man to six months’ imprisonment for
falsely obtaining N150,000 from one Mrs. Omolara Ajani.
The
prosecutor, Mr. Oyebanji Oluseye, told the court that the convict,
Rasaki Raji, committed the offence in the Idi-Oro area of Apete
community, Ibadan, in 2014.
In the charge sheet, with suit number
Mi/544/2016, which spelt out two counts against Raji, the nonagenarian
was accused of obtaining the sum of N150,000 from his victim under the
pretext of helping her to purchase half plot of land in Apete community.
The
prosecutor stated that instead of honouring the agreement entered into
with the victim, Raji converted the money to personal use.
Oluseye told the court that the act was tantamount to stealing under the law.
Oluseye,
said, “The offences contravened sections 419 and 390(9), of the
Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. II, Law of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.”
In her ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Giwa Babalola, found Raji guilty as charged.
She subsequently sentenced him to six months in jail.
The chief magistrate, however, gave the convict an option of N50,000 fine.
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