Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Kogi Court Jails Man Two Years for $2.2m Currency Counterfeiting

Justice Isa Dashen of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, Kogi State, on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, convicted and sentenced one Kehinde Amaka, a.k.a. Yomade Ademisoye Ojomo, to one year imprisonment for currency counterfeiting. Amaka was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two count-charge bordering on possession of $2,028,400.00 (Two Million, Twenty Eight Thousand, Four Hundred United States Dollar only), an offence contrary to Section 2 and 5.1 (b) of the Counterfeit Currency, Special Provision Act, 2004. That you Kehinde Amaka a.k.a Yomade Ademisoye Ojomo, ad…