A
woman found guilty of fraud by a Lagos court, has bagged a lengthy jail
term which caused her to collapse as judgement was given by the Judge.
On Monday, Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of Ikeja High Court, Lagos
State, sentenced a court registrar, Mrs Oluronke Rosolu, to 10 years
imprisonment for defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant
General Ishaya Bamaiyi of $330,000.
According to the Nigerian Tribune, Rosolu was convicted on all the
two-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences
brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
While sentencing Rosolu, Judge Lawal-Akapo, said:
"The representation that she never collected $330,000 from the
complainant is deceptive; the accused could not provide a strong alibi
for her whereabouts when the fraud occurred.
"I find the accused guilty as charged. As a registrar of court,
the accused should have been an image maker of the judiciary, but she
acted in the contrary. She has to swallow her bitter pill.
"On count one, I sentence the accused to 10 years imprisonment
and on count two, I sentence the accused to 10 years imprisonment.
"Both sentences are to run concurrently."
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Rosolu collapsed in
the dock as soon as the judge gave the verdict, wailing in Yoruba
language: "I do not know anything about the money, what is going to happen to my children."
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