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The Lagos State Excessive Courtroom sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a pair, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa, also referred to as Kristein Uyanwanne, to 16 years in jail for defrauding people of N52 million.
Their church, the Temple Worldwide Church, was additionally ordered to be deregistered and closed for its function within the fraud.
Justice Mojisola Dada delivered the decision on Wednesday, convicting the couple of prices together with stealing, dishonest conversion, false presentation, and fraud.
The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) had introduced a seven-count cost towards the duo and their church.The EFCC alleged that the defendants used the guise of spiritual actions to defraud unsuspecting people.
The couple had pleaded not responsible when arraigned on February 25, 2020, prompting the prosecution to current its case.
The Prosecuting counsel, Mr Babatunde Sonoiki, referred to as 5 witnesses to testify towards the defendants, whereas the defence introduced two witnesses.
In the meantime, after reviewing the proof, Justice Dada dominated that the prosecution had confirmed its case past an inexpensive doubt.Justice Dada has sentenced the duo of Harry Uyanwanne and Odemuyiwa to varied phrases of imprisonment on prices of fraud and false illustration.
On depend one, each had been sentenced to 3 years imprisonment. For counts two to 6, Uyanwanne obtained a seven-year jail time period, whereas Odemuyiwa was sentenced to 3 years. Nonetheless, the court docket acquitted them of depend seven.In the meantime, Uyanwanne was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, and Odemuyiwa, also referred to as Kristein Uyanwanne, obtained six years. The sentences are to run concurrently.Justice Dada additional ordered the deregistration and closure of the third convict, Temple Worldwide Church, citing its misuse of the title of God and the church to defraud folks.
“I order that the third convict must be deregistered and closed down,” the decide declared.
The court docket additionally directed the convicts to restitute the sum of N31million to the nominal complainant inside 60 days.
The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) had alleged that in March 2016, the convicts dishonestly transformed N10 million belonging to the late Mrs Janet Adeola Odemuyiwa for private use.In addition they offered a property positioned at Plot 32, Block 9, Magodo Residential Scheme 1, Ikeja Native Authorities, for N42 million underneath the false pretense that the primary convict was authorised to promote it on behalf of the late proprietor.The EFCC argued that these acts violated Part 1(2) and (3) of the Advance Price Fraud and Different Associated Offences Act No. 14 of 2006, in addition to Sections 278 and 285 (1) of the Legal Regulation of Lagos State of Nigeria No. 11, 2011
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