An Igbosere
Magistrate’s Court,
The News
Agency of Nigeria reports that Magistrate O.O. Martins did
not give Dodo an option of fine but sentenced him to jail with hard labour.
Martins
held that the Ghanaian pleaded guilty to the five-count charge on arraignment
and that evidence before the court showed that he committed the crimes.
“The
accused is hereby sentenced to one year imprisonment on each count with hard
labour and without an option of fine,” she said.
The
sentences are, however, to run concurrently.
The
septuagenarian pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, forgery, stealing,
escape from lawful custody and falsely representing litigants on February 10.
“My
mother is from Ilesha in Osun State
During
Thursday’s proceedings, the prosecutor, ASP Goddy Emenogor, said Dodo was
arrested following a complaint by Mr. Daniel Onwu that the fake lawyer
defrauded him of N1m.
Emenogor
said, “Onwu alleged that Dodo, on June 13, 2011, approached him and identified
himself as a legal practitioner and that he had a parcel of land to sell to
him.
“Onwu
said he believed the accused after he had showed him some documents on the land
situated at Plot 29, Block 78, Lekki, to back up his claim.
“Based
on that, the complainant said he gave him N1m in advance, leaving a balance of
N79m.”
According
to the police prosecutor, while Onwu was planning to pay the balance, he got
information that the sale was not genuine and that Dodo was a fake lawyer.
He
said that the Ghanaian was promptly arrested while waiting to collect the
balance.
The
prosecutor added that Dodo escaped from police custody, but was re-arrested at
a hideout on February 8.
Emenogor
noted that the offences contravened sections 106 (a), 285(5), 363, 378(1) and
410 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
1 comment:
Despite his lawyer's efforts to have him announced unsuitable for test, Assess Boreham announced that he should be tried by a court.
one call that's all
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