Automobile Dealer Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

 Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of a Lagos Special Offences sitting in Ikeja, has sentenced automobile dealer Rasaki Wasiu Adeyiga to seven years imprisonment on fraud charges to the tune of ₦24,260,000.

The trial Judge found Adeyiga guilty of the two-count charge as preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The anti-graft agency arraigned Adeyiga in court for deceiving a businessman, Ahmed Garba Shinkafi by claiming that the sum of money he collected was for the purchase of two LEXUS GX 460 cars.

According to the charge information, Rasaki Wasiu Adeyiga converted the said sum to his use without supplying the Lexus Jeep with the intent to defraud sometime between September 2020 in Lagos.

An offense punishable by Sections 1 (a) and (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.

Adeyiga however pleaded not guilty to the two count charges when it was read to him during arraignment.

Subsequently, EFCC called four witnesses to prove the allegations.

Delivering judgment today, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe found him guilty as charged.

Pleading for mercy, the convict's counsel, B.A. Momodu urged the court to grant him an option of fine being a first-time offender.

In a counter-reaction, Babatunde Sonoiki and Samuel Daaji who represents EFCC urged the court to sentence him as prescribed by law

After entertaining the submission from counsels, the judge sentenced him to seven years imprisonment on count one and two years on the second count.

Justice Abike-fadipe however ordered that the sentencing should run concurrently and also to restitute the money back to the victim