A Federal High Court, Lagos on Thursday
sentenced three Chinese to two years imprisonment for illegally storing
petroleum products at their Isheri, Lagos residence.
The convicts are Guan Mang, Tony Yang (Yang Zhaoye) and Lu Yundi.
Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia sentenced
the accused after they pleaded guilty to the amended charge instituted
against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The judge ruled that the sentence would commence on Thursday when the judgment was delivered.
The convicts, who had already spent two
years in custody due to their inability to meet the bail conditions
earlier granted them, will have to spend two more years in prison.
During the review of the case, an EFCC
investigator, Mr. Ahmed Ghali, led by the commission’s counsel, Ms.
Bunmi Bosede, said the convicts stored the product in a 50m-deep pit.
They reportedly dug a trench through which the product was passed to the storage facility within their compound.
Ghali said, “One Adeyinka brought the
accused persons on behalf of the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps having been arrested at Diamond Estate, Isheri
Lagos. They were accused of dealing in petroleum products.
“After taking over the case, we commenced investigation by inviting the Chief Security Officer of the estate.
“We interviewed him. He informed us the convicts dug trench in their compound for storing petroleum products.”
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