Court Sends 73 Years Old to 24 Years In Prison for N71M Fraud

Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, 3rd June 2022, convicted and sentenced Pa Anthony Abomeli to 24 years in prison over Seventy-One Million Naira (N71,000,000.00) fraud.

Abomeli, 73, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a nine-count charge bordering on the issuance of dud cheques, obtaining by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N71 million.

He was accused of defrauding a company, Nepal Oil and Gas Services Limited in a business deal that involved the sale of land in Onitsha, Anambra State.