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Borno State Scammer, Gaddafi to serve 16 Years in Prison; Widows Are Free

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Borno State Scammer, Gaddafi to serve 16 Years in Prison; Widows Are Free

Former judiciary officer in Borno state sentenced to 16 years imprisonment by the High Court.

Ramat Mohammed, popularly know as Gaddafi was convicted on Tuesday by Justice Umaru Fadawu on a-two count amended charge for defrauding 194 widows of N781, 800.

Gaddafi was arraigned by the Maiduguri Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for forging and selling Food Collection Card, in the name of a non- governmental organisation( NGO), to 194 widows and failed to deliver food items to them leading to his arrest.

Count one:

“That you, Ramat Mohammed (alias Gaddafi), sometime in December, 2018 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to defraud obtained the gross sum of N520,000.00 (Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira), only from 40 (Forty) women (mostly widows) of Fissabi-lillah Islamic School, under the false pretence that the entire sum represent payments for registration/eligibility for a programme by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Action Against Hunger (A.A.H) at Auno Town of Konduga L.G.A, Borno State, which payment will entitle the said women to be issued a special card for various food items, which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”

He pleaded not guilty to count one yet, Justice Fadawu sentenced Gadaffi to eight years imprisonment on count one and another eight years on count two and ordered that the prison terms should run concurrently.

Justice Fadawu siad: “The court orders you Ramat Mohammed (alias Gaddafi) to pay the aggregate sum of N781, 800.00 (Seven Hundred and Eighty one Thousand Eight Hundred Naira) to 194 (One Hundred and Ninety Four) women of Fissabi-lillah Islamic School or (9) years in default. The prison term shall run consecutively.”

 

 

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