Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a former banker, Vera Ogbonna Akanni to nine years imprisonment for defrauding her bank customers various sums of money to the tune of N35.4 million.
The convict was prosecuted on an eight count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing by fraudulent conversion.
Prior to her sentencing, defence counsel, Yinka Oyeniji, drew the attention of the court to an affidavit of means placed before the court on February 17, 2013.
Besides, Justice Onigbanjo asked the prosecution counsel, Oluwatoyin Owodunni, if the convict had any previous records of conviction.
Owodunni confirmed to the court that the convict did not have any such record.
However, the prosecution counsel further addressed the court on the convict’s sentencing, saying that the offence for which she was tried attracts a punishment of between seven and twenty years imprisonment.
“My lord, this is money entrusted to the convict as a banker and an account officer. Her criminal conduct is not only a breach of trust but a heinous crime.
This money belongs to innocent and unsuspecting members of the public”, Owodunni submitted.
He, therefore, prayed the court that the convict be made to face the full wrath of the law.
Justice Onigbanjo consequently sentenced the convict to 7 years imprisonment on two of the counts and 2 (two) years imprisonment on two other counts effective from December 2, 2009 when she was first arrested.
The sentences are to run concurrently.
Also, Justice Onigbanjo ordered the convict to make full restitution of the stolen money to the owners. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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She was mandated to pay back the stolen money and to serve some years inprisonment. Thats good. How then was the case of Yakubu John of Police Pension different? Why was he not asked to refund the loot after the sentence?
ReplyDeleteOK!ISNT THIS JUST FUNNY?SHE STOLE N35.4M AND IS FACING 9YEARS,HOW ABOUT THE ONE WHO STOLE N23BN AND GOT 750K AND UP TILL NOW, NO REASONABLE UPDATE.OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS A HUGE SHAME.UNFAIR JUDGEMENTS HERE AND THERE DEPENDING ON HOW KNOWN, RICH AND POPULAR YOU ARE.EVEN THE JUDGES ARE MORE CORRUPT THAN THE JUDGED.ITS HOPELESS
ReplyDeleteGod will surely judge and punish you people. if your case got to the court and you are not among the rich, then you will suffer but if you are rich, then your case will be settle. remember God judges both the poor and the rich. Father fight for us the poor masses.
ReplyDeleteMy dear brother, Naijaman, supper thief Yakubu John of Police Pension case can not stay so long in prison because they all shared the money he stole and he must be around to supervise rigging elections for devils in our midst.
ReplyDeleteThey are shameless people. Ibori was freed in Nigeria before Almighty God forced him to where they would prove to the whole world that some of our big men in Nigeria baba robbers.