Adewumi
Alade, a 30-year old self-acclaimed pastor and his brother, Adewole, 25, are to
spend the next six months in jail, so says a competent court in Ekiti,
south-west Nigeria.
Adesoji
Adegboye, chief magistrate of Ado-Ekiti magistrate court delivered this verdict
without an option of fine.
Adegboye, while reviewing
the case said the prosecutor, Leranmo Caleb, called five witnesses, and the
defence counsel, Busuyi Ayeni, called the convicts as his witness.
According to the magistrate, the evidence of the convicts were
not credible, adding that the prosecution proved his case beyond reasonable
doubt.
Tuesday, Adegboye said he
was lenient on the convicts because of the plea of their counsel.
The convicts were charged with conspiracy, obtaining money under
false pretence and defrauding some people that their brother was a civil defence
Officer at Abuja.
Caleb said the convicts committed the crime at Basiri Area
between November 2014 and June 2015.
The prosecution said that the convicts under false pretence
obtained one million naira from five different people with intent of giving them
work at the civil defence.
He said the offence contravened section 419,108 of the Criminal
Code, Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
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