A Maiduguri High Court has sentenced two men to 20 years ’ imprisonment over N 2 , 150 , 000 fraud.
Justice Fadawu Umar found Philip Power and Attah Adoga guilty on a two - count and sentenced each of them to 10 years ’ imprisonment on each count .
Power and Adoga were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on counts of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence .
Prosecution counsel , Mr Khalid Sunusi, had told the court that the two men were arrested on July 14 , 2017 , in Maiduguri , following a petition against Musa Bello over the N 150 , 000 fraud.
Sunusi said that the petition was made by Mr Ali Musa , who said that the men conspired and collected money from him under false pretences .
He said that the convicts told Ali Musa that the money would be used to supply iron scrap to him .
Sunusi submitted that the convicts later requested for additional N 2 million from Ali Musa to enable them to deliver the goods , which they did not supply .
The prosecution presented four witnesses and tendered 12 exhibits to support its case .
Source:Punchng
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