A fake soldier who
masterminded a grand scam using the Nigerian Army as a
front, has been sentenced to 7 years in prison.
This fake army captain will be doing his soldiering in prison
for 7 years. (EFCC)
A fake soldier » who was a member of a job scam syndicate
»which promised to help secure recruitment into the Nigerian Army for some youths while
duping them of their hard earned money, Emmanuel Sunday
who also went by the names Umoh Sunday Iyang and Iyang
Samuel Chukwudi, has been sentenced to seven and half years with hard labour.
The sentence was handed down by Justice P.I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Benin, Edo State, in what the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission », EFCC, says is a monumental
victory in the fight against fraud.
The convict who parades himself as an Army Captain while
perpetrating the fraud, was dragged by the anti-graft agency
to the court on an 8-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence.
In a statement released by the EFCC, the journey to prison for Emmanuel started when he was arrested in Benin on August 13,
2013 by the Nigerian Army, 4 Brigade Sector 1, tagged
Operation Pulo Shield, for posing as an Army Captain to defraud one Igue Endurance of the sum of N1, 545,000.00, on the pretext that the said amount be used to
facilitate her recruitment into the
Nigerian Army.
One of the charges against him reads:
"That you Emmanuel Sunday, (also known as Umoh Sunday, Inyang Samuel Chukwudi) on or about May, 2013, at Benin within the jurisdiction of this
honourable court, with intent to defraud did represent yourself to be a captain with the Nigerian Army and obtained the sum of
Three Hundred Thousand Naira only (300,000.00) from one Igue Endurance, which said money you used part of it and paid the sum of Eighty Thousand Naira into your Diamond bank plc, account 0001857059, under the pretence that the said sum would be used to get Igue
Endurance recruited into Nigerian Army, a pretext which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to
section 1(1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related
Offences Act 2006 and
punishable under section 1(3) of the same Act." [hupso]
