Tag: JAIL TERM

Man bags 30 months jail term in Kaduna for N5.5m fraud

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old man, Kingsley James, to 30 months imprisonment for N5.5 million fraud. The convict was tried on a two-count charge of theft and obtaining money by false pretenses after he pleaded guilty. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel sentenced James to 15 months imprisonment on each of the two-count charge with an option of N100,000 fine. He ruled that the sentences should run concurrently. Emmanuel also ordered the convict to restitute the sum of N5.5 million to the complainant, Mr David Zamani. He also…

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Prosecution pushing for jail time as Sarkozy bribery verdict awaited

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s verdict, in bribery and influence-peddling trial, is expected later today. The prosecutors are calling for him to be sent to prison for at least two years if found guilty. He is accused of trying, with the help of his legal adviser in 2014, to learn investigative secrets from Gilbert Azibert, then an advocate general at the Court of Cassation, regarding a separate investigation concerning campaign financing. In return, the ex-president is said to have offered to support the lawyer in applying for a post in…

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