Court Sentences former Chief Accountant, Vanguard Newspaper To 14-years For Forgery & Stealing

A former Chief Accountant of Vanguard Newspaper, Bhadmus Abiodun, was on Tuesday sentenced to 14-years in prison by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of an Ikeja High Court for forgery and stealing N3.1million.

Abiodun was arraigned alongside Samuel Ogbole, the Vanguard Media Representative for Onitsha who were convicted of an eight-count charge of conspiracy. Two of the charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are stealing and forgery.

Ogbole, however, absconded when bail was granted to them by the court.

EFCC prosecutor, Abba Mohammed said they committed the offences alongside Ogbole between January 9, 2006 and January 4, 2008.

“The convict and his accomplice on various dates illegally converted the sum of N400, 000, N2.5million and N120, 000 belonging to the complainant.

“On January 16, 2007 the duo conspired to and forged a Wema Bank deposit slip with No. 7125699 purporting to be the value of N225, 165.

“On May 30, 2007, the men conspired to and forge a Wema Bank deposit slip with No. 3270712 purporting to be the value of N256, 850.

“The offences violated Sections 390 (7), 467 (2)(i) and 516 of the Criminal Code Law of Lagos State 2003,” Mohammed said.

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Posted: at 17-05-2017 07:52 AM (6 years ago) | Hero

Good for the Idiot

Posted: at 17-05-2017 08:01 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

We can assume judgement served for the sake of future deterrence.but,  in this case as a first offender the gravity of the sentence is extremely cruel .In this country where there are many guilty accuse evaded conviction ,in a society where many cases are left hanging in the balance for decades without a conclusive prosecution ,in a country where some politicians allegedly stole billions of dollars and apparently justice was manipulated and every effort to serve justice prove abortive or somehow thwarted due to powerful influence or paddy paddy leniency .Hmmm ! We can say the poor bear the brunt of the nigeria nation criminal law .Somethjng is not right here .The same law applied to crucified a this token stolen should even be more weightier when applying to a public enemy number one ,Our economy saboteurs must be subjected to the cruelest punishment .

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Posted: at 17-05-2017 08:18 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Oga leave all these grammar, yeyeroba are thieves if its a lie,then let me bath naked.
Oya make una begin insult unaself.

Posted: at 17-05-2017 09:56 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Serves em right,,,,

Posted: at 17-05-2017 03:23 PM (6 years ago) | Hero