The Kano State
High Court, yesterday, jailed a fake Customs Comptroller and sentenced him to
10 years and six months imprisonment without option of fine in a case of
conspiracy, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.
The suspect,
Ibrahim Hassan, better known as Comptroller Kangiwa, was charged by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Dije Aboki of
the Kano State High Court.
Hassan, who was
prosecuted on a four count charge, allegedly obtained the sum of N11,
074,500.00 from one Alhaji Balarabe Sumaila, at Kano.
The EFCC
spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren said: “The convict presented himself in company of
his syndicate to Sumaila as Comptroller Husaini Suleiman Kangiwa from Zone
C, Owerri Office of the Nigeria Customs Service in 2007. He told him that,
he had 12 containers of textile materials auctioned by the Customs Service at
the Tin Can Port, Apapa, Lagos, for sale.
“The complainant,
together with the convict’s accomplices, thereafter travelled to Lagos, where
he was shown some containers containing the materials as
discussed. Without any scintilla of suspicion, Sumaila paid the N11,
074,500 to the convict for processing, clearance and transportation of the
goods from Lagos to Kano. However,
all efforts made by the complainant to get the goods delivered or his money
paid back to him yielded no result.”
Justice Aboki
found Hassan guilty of the charge and consequently convicted and sentenced him
to seven years imprisonment for obtaining the money by false pretence, three
years imprisonment for impersonation and another six months for conspiracy.
The sentence is
to run concurrently.
The judge also
granted the restitution application filed by the prosecuting counsel, Nasiru
Salele and ordered the convict to pay the sum of N11m to the complainant.
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