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A Federal High Court in Enugu has convicted and sentenced two men, Dominic Ozulu, and Michael Ogbobe, to 35 years imprisonment over N1.5 million land fraud.
A statement on Friday by Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, said the duo were convicted by Justice R.O. Dugbo Oghoghorie.
The convicts were arraigned on May 18, 2017 by the EFCC, Enugu zonal office on a five-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretenses, forgery and uttering.
Justice Oghoghorie, after reviewing the evidence before the court, found the defendants guilty as charged and sentenced them to seven years imprisonment each in all of the five counts preferred against them by the commission.
“The court further ordered the convicts to restitute the victim the sum of N1,520,000,” Uwujaren said.