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A Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State has sentenced a 73-year-old man identified as Anthony Abomeli to 24 years in prison.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Abomeli was sentenced to 24 years in prison by Justice Mojisola Dada, the presiding judge of the court.
The conviction of the 73-year-old was secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a N71 million fraud case.
TNG reports Abomeli was arraigned by the 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.