Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of the Ekiti State High Court, has convicted and sentenced one Bethel Onyedikachi Ukachukwu to two years imprisonment for car auction fraud.
The convict was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ekiti Zonal Directorate, on three -count amended charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence.
This was disclosed in a statement by the EFCC shared on its Facebook page on Monday.
According to the statement, the suspect collected the sum of N500,000.00 by false pretence from Mr. Kayode Aina Samuel under the pretext that he will get a bid for an auctioned car for him with Nigeria Customs Service
The count charge read, “That you, Bethel Onyekachi Ukachukwu, sometimes in 15th April 2026 at Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court with intent to defraud and obtain the total sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only (N500,000.00) from one Kayode Aina Samuel under the pretext that you will use the same money to bid for an auction car for him with Nigeria Customs Service which pretext you knew to be false which goes contrary to Section (1) (b) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006.
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Following the defendant’s guilty plea, prosecution counsel, Saidu Yusuf, called Prosecution Witness 1, PW1, Emmanuel Onuminya and tendered all the exhibits and evidence against the defendant.
The court admitted the exhibits as evidence. Thereafter, the prosecution counsel prayed the court to convict the defendant accordingly.
In the same vein, counsel to the defendant, T.A. Salami, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy. He informed the court that the convict was remorseful for his actions and had made restitution to the petitioner.
Thereafter, Justice Ogunmoye convicted and sentenced the defendant to two years imprisonment with an option of fine in the sum of ₦150,000.00.