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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>An Abeokuta Magistrates\u2019 Court on Friday sentenced a 55-year-old man, Benjamin Adegbola, to three years imprisonment for defrauding two families of N2.5 million while pretending to obtain a land survey plan for them.<\/p>\n

Adegbola, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, was convicted on a three- count charge of stealing, fraud and obtaining under false pretence.<\/p>\n

The Magistrate, Mr S. S Shotayo, said that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty as charged.<\/p>\n

Shotayo sentenced Adegbola to two years for the first count, one year for the second count and three years for the third count. The sentences would run concurrently.<\/p>\n

He also gave an option to the convict to refund N1.7 million to the complainants, or serve the jail sentence.<\/p>\n

Earlier, during the trial, the Prosecutor, Insp. Evelyn Motim, told the court that the convict committed the offence between March, 2020 and August 2021, at Oke-ilewo area in Abeokuta.<\/p>\n

According to Motim, the convict falsely presented himself as a registered surveyor and fraudulently obtained the sum of N2.5 million from the families of Viadinu Todeuke and OkeOdebija<\/p>\n

She said the convict collected the money in pretext to secure a registered land survey plan for the two families which he failed to do and could not refund the money.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor added that the convict collected the money and converted it to his personal use.<\/p>\n

The offence contravened sections 484, 390(9) and 419 of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun, 2006.<\/p>\n

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