Man Bags Three Years Jail Term For Duping Cocoa Trader Of N3.9m In Edo State

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

The Chief Magistrate, Patricia Igho-Braimoh of Egor Magistrates court in Edo State has sentenced a  31-years-old man, Abiodun Ojo  to three years imprisonment for obtaining N3. 9 million under false pretence from a cocoa trader.

The magistrate, however, gave the convict an option of paying the sum of N300,000 as fine.

According to the prosecutor, Ojo told the complainant that he was among the owners/representatives of a cocoa farm located at lletutu community in Ondo.

The convict took the complainant to the cocoa farm and introduced her to other three men.

He added that the convict also collected 15 pieces of clothes of six yards each from Ashaka under the pretence that they were going to share it to members of their family.

The prosecutor said that the total money and property of the complainant the convict collected was valued at N3.9 million