Nigerian Court Sentences Sokoto Board Director To 7 Years Imprisonment For Scamming 46 People | Sahara Reporters

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A Director with the Commodity Board in Sokoto state, Hassan Bello, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment over a job scam. It was learnt that Bello collected the sum of N1.32 million from Aliyu Adamu-Tsaki, Yusuf Abubakar, Yahaya Salihu and 43 others under the pretence of securing jobs for them with the board. The victims were said to have reported the matter to the Economic and financial crime commission when they realised they had been scammed by the convict.

November 17, 2022Judge Ahmad Mahmud sentenced the Director but gave him an option of N100,000 fine, following the guilty plea entered by the convict during the hearing.

It was learnt that Bello collected the sum of N1.32 million from Aliyu Adamu-Tsaki, Yusuf Abubakar, Yahaya Salihu and 43 others under the pretence of securing jobs for them with the board. The EFCC later took up the matter and it came up for hearing at a Federal High Court in Sokoto on Wednesday.

 

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