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Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos
yesterday convicted seven men to 84 years imprisonment
for illegal and unlawful dealing in 1,459 metric tonnes of
petrol. The court sentenced each of the convicts to a jail
term of 12 years each starting Friday after they were all
found guilty of the five count charge preferred against
them.
The convicts are; Adedamola Ogungbayi; Olaniran
Olabode; Suraju Gasali; Moses Emmanuel; Wilson
Bonsi; Okaraodi Uche and Onyeogo Happy. Apart from
the jail term, Justice Abang also ordered the forfeiture of
the vessel, ‘MT Good Success’, used by the convicts in
stealing the said petroleum product, as well as the
recovered petroleum product to the Federal Government.
The judge also ordered the forfeiture of the sums of
N66.6m and $975,000 which belonged to the convicts’
company, Hepa Global Energy Limited, domiciled with
the First City Monument Bank to the Federal
Government.
The convicts, were arraigned alongside their vessel and
company on August 28, 2014 on five counts alongside one
Padoun Jacob, who was discharged and acquitted by the
court. The judge, in setting Jacob free on all the five
counts, described him as a desperate job seeker, who
became a victim of circumstances.
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