Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Jails Fake Land-Owner Six Months

Justice A.I. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced a fake land-owner, Wenedah Nyewusara, to six months imprisonment, without an option of fine. Nyewusara was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt Zonal Office, on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, on one-count charge of obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N1, 200,000) contrary to section 1(1) (a) of Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) o…