Justice Mojisola Dada, however, discharged and acquitted the convict’s wife, Dorothy, of accessory after the fact.
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Justice Mojisola Dada, while delivering the judgment Wednesday in the case, held that the prosecution effectively proved that the ingredients of the offences filed against the retiree and his company, New Age Motor Waste Basket Ltd.
It was held that the three-count-charge of conspiracy, armed robbery and membership of an unlawful society were proven.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Mojisola Dada adjourned the case on Wednesday until November 16
The defendant, is being prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The fake lawyer, according to findings, claimed to be a lawyer to one of the sureties to Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha.
The development followed the failure of Mompha to appear in court on Wednesday.
The EFCC secured the conviction before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
Justice Mojisola Dada made the ruling on Monday following a prayer by defence counsel, Gboyega Oyewole (SAN).
The Malaysian and his company were first arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on May 22, 2019.
The couple and their company are being tried by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos.
Ajoku’s travail began sometime in 2017, when the Commission received credible intelligence about a group of fraudsters who were selling Federal Government properties.
The conviction of the retired Navy Captain was secured by the EFCC on Wednesday after a long drawn case.
The convicts were arraigned in December 2017 on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and fraudulent diversion of funds to the tune of N116 million, to which they pleaded “not guilty”, prompting commencement of trial.
Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced the newly-wed after he had plead guilty to a charge of possession of fraudulent documents proffered against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos State on Wednesday sentenced an unemployed man, Lawal Sholaru, to six months imprisonment for defrauding an American, David Geobel, of $1,200 (N466,212) through the Internet.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the court session was held online via the Zoom App
The convict was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos Zonal Office on February 28, 2018 on a two-count charge bordering on stealing and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of $179,000.00.
Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Tuesday, told John Abebe, brother to late former First Lady, Stella Obasanjo, that he had a case to answer over an alleged forgery of some portions of an oil contract document.
The ongoing trial of Emmanuel Nwude and two others for alleged forgery continued on Friday before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, with a prosecution witness, Idi Musa, revealing how the defendants forged a Power of Attorney to transfer a forfeited property to one Mankris Ventures Limited.