In a bid to rid the society of criminals, the Gombe Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 secured the conviction of Yakubu Kala, a real estate agent in Gombe, Gombe State.
Kala was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Halima S. Mohammed of Gombe State High Court, Gombe for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence and forgery.
The convict was arrested on the strength of a petition alleging that he tricked the victim to part with over N6,000,000 ( Six Million Naira) for the purchase of a house based on the false representation and collected the sum of N300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) as part of his commission for the said deal.
Upon arraignment he pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against him and was convicted accordingly.
The judge further ordered restitution of the amount involved in favour of the nominal complainant.