Justice Halima Shamaki of Gombe State High Court has convicted and sentenced 37-year-old businessman, Ibrahim Shittu to seven years imprisonment.
Shittu, who deals in flour, was convicted on two count- charge of obtaining by false pretences brought against him by the Gombe Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The convict, who is from Gombe Local Government Area of the state, on July 30, 2020, obtained N2, 622, 000 from one Abubakar Kawu on the pretext of supplying 202 bags of flour to him at the rate of N12, 981 per bag.
The businessman not only failed to deliver the said bags of flour but converted the money to his personal use and refused to refund the complainant.
