A State High Court sitting in Kaduna State, presided over by Justice Darius Khobo, has sentenced one Misbah Ahmed to one year imprisonment over a one-count charge of giving false information to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was, however, given an option of a fine of N100,000.
The convict had misled operatives of the EFCC into believing that a huge sum of money in foreign currency was stashed in a residence located at Federal Housing Low-cost, Tudun Wada, Zamfara State. He, had in June, 2023 at Kaduna, willfully given false information to an officer of the Commission that a large sum of money in United States of America currency (USD) was fraudulently kept at a residence located at Federal Housing Low-cost, Tudun Wada Zamfara State, which he knew to be false. He thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 39(a) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment ) Act, 2004 and punishable under Section 39(2) (b) of the same Act.
He pleaded guilty to the charge, and consequently, the prosecution counsel, K.S Ogunlade urged the court to convict him accordingly.
Justice Khobo convicted and sentenced him to one year imprisonment or a fine of N100,000.
