Justice Mojisola Olatoregum of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, further adjourned until June 3, to sentence a former acting Director General of NIMASA, Calistus Obi, convicted of fraud charges.He was charged along with one Alu Dismas, who was aide to a former D-G of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi.On May 23, the court had convicted the defendants, after it found them guilty of allegations contained in the charge.
Oyedepo contended that the maximum sentence be imposed by the court, especially as the defendants had allowed the court to go through the rigours of full trial, without bothering to take advantage of the provisions of section 270 of the ACJA. “The first and second defendant converted the total sum of N111 million to their personal use, while the first, third, and fourth defendants converted the sum of N114million to their personal use.
“Doing this will also send a warning signal to intending members of the public, who want to “dip their hands into public funds,” he said.For the third and fourth defendants, Oyedepo cited the provisions of sections 15 of the ACJA, which imposes a fine of 100 per cent on a body corporate found guilty of such allegations.
Counsel informed the court that the convict had been in dedicated service to the public for long, and is a good christian who also runs a charitable project.
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