The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, has secured the conviction of one Abdullahi
Bello Kuloku (also known as Daniel Sunday Kuloku)
before Justice Sa’ad Muhammad of the Gombe State
High Court on one count charge of cheating.
The offence is contrary to Section 320 (a) and (b) of
the Penal Code and punishable under Section 322 of
the same Law.
Kuloku was arrested by operatives of the EFCC last year
in Jos, Plateau State following a complaint by one
Abdulsalam Muhammed Abubakar alleging that
sometime in November, 2016, a Globacom sim pack
card vendor approached him that ‘he sells sim packs
as well as Glo data which converts airtime into data’.
The complainant allegedly showed interest and gave
his phone to the convict for conversion. Shockingly,
the sum of N98,525.00 was instead fraudulently
transferred from the complainant’s First Bank account
into a Guaranty Trust Bank account of one Daniel
Sunday Kuloku.
Investigation into the matter revealed that the convict,
Kuloku, was the one operating the account in the
name ‘Daniel Sunday Kuloku’.
He pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to
him.
In view of his admittance of guilt, the prosecution
counsel, A. Y. Muntaka urged the court to convict and
sentence him according to the dictates of the law.
Having no objection from the defence counsel,
Abubakar Sanda Bormi, the case was summarily
reviewed. The prosecution called a witness, Samira
Bello Alkali, to testify and several documents relating
to the case were tendered as exhibits through her.
In his judgment, Justice Muhammad pronounced the
accused guilty as charged and sentenced him to one
month imprisonment.
The judge, however, gave an option of N10,000 as
fine, in consideration of the plea by the defence
counsel urging him “to temper justice with mercy as
the convict was a first time offender and a 300 Level
university student”.
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