Justice Halima S. Mohammed of Gombe State High Court, Gombe, yesterday convicted a real agent businessman, Yakubu Kala, for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence and forgery.
Pronouncing the Kala guilty of the allegation levied against by the Gombe Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Justice Mohammed sentenced him to six months imprisonment.
The convict was arrested on the strength of a petition alleging that he tricked the victim to part with over N6,000,000, for the purchase of a house based on the false representation and collected the sum of N300,000, as part of his commission for the said deal.
Upon arraignment he pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against him and was convicted accordingly.
The judge further ordered restitution of the amount involved in favour of the nominal complainant.
