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A high court of the territory of the federal capital of Jabi on Monday sentenced a former legislative helper and banker, Goni Yilkan, eight years in prison for having obtained N10.58 million for false claim.

The judge FE Messiri found that Yilkan guilty of a two -counts accusation accusation, the commission for economic and financial crimes revealed in a declaration issued through its management X Tuesday.

“Yilkan, who comes from Nguru, in the State of Yobe, has been declared guilty on charges of two counts to obtain money for false claim, contrary to section 1 (1) (a) of early fraud and other related crimes, 2006, and punishable pursuant to section 1 (3) of the same law and consequently sentenced to eight years of imprisonment without a fine option, law.

According to EFCC, the prisoner was accused of a Mohammed Adamu in October 2023, following investigations on the statements of a signatory to be defrauded by the prisoner.

One of the accusations read:

“That you, Mohammed Goni Yilkan, Mohammed Adamu and others in general between January 3, 2020 and December 2021 in Abuja within the jurisdiction of the high court of the territory of the federal capital with the intention of Detatud obtained the sum of N120, 580, 550 (one hundred twenty years, five hundred and five hundred -sects that you had the ability to guarantee work for its candidates for his candidates for his candidates for his candidates for his candidates Various ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria that claims that you knew how to be false and therefore committed a crime contrary to section 1 (1) (a) of the fraud of early commissions and other related crimes, 2006 and punishable pursuant to section 1 (3) of the same law.

During the trial, EFCC said that the signatory explained that “Yilkan deceived her between 2020 and 2021 in believing that she has the ability to guarantee work slots in government agencies such as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Niger (NDDC) development commission.

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“At this point, the signatory has collected several sums of money from over 60 people looking for work, equal to N120,580,550.00 (one hundred and twenty millions, five hundred and seventy thousand, five hundred and fifty naira), which presumably put back to Convict.”

However, the alleged occupation never offers materialized, pushing beautiful to present a petition to the FCC.

The accusation, led by Cosmas Ugwu, called six witnesses and kept documentary tests, while the defense, led by Ja Oguche, presented two witnesses, including Yilkan himself.

In his judgment, Judge Messiri said that the accusation had shown his case beyond any reasonable doubt, condemned Yilkan, but resigned and acquitted his co-accused, Adamu.

The judge further sentenced Yilkan to eight years of imprisonment without a fine option.

Previously, Punch Online reported that the Zonal Directorate Ilorin EFCC arrested 28 suspicions of the Internet scammers in the state of Kwara.

The suspicions, according to a Monday declaration, “were taken in the early hours of Tuesday during the sting operations carried out in Tanke, University Road, Oshin and Agbabiaka areas of the state capital”.

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