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Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, convicted and sentenced one Alhaji Nasiru Adinoyi Ogara, a retiree of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, to 16 years imprisonment for N24m fraud.
Ogara and his company, New Age Motor Waste Basket Limited, were prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a four-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheques to the tune of N24m.
The offences are contrary to Section 1(1) (b) and (2) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Fraud Offences Act 2006, bordering on obtaining by false pretence.
He was also accused of contravening Section 1(1) (b) and 2(b) of the Dishonoured Cheques (Offences) Act in counts three and four.
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