A Kano State High Court has sentenced one Nosa Ekhatoro, an undergraduate, to six months imprisonment with an option of N100, 000 fine, over a two-count charge of conspiracy and theft to the tune of N1million.
The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had dragged Ekhatoro and one Ogie who is still on the run, to court over complaints of hacking an account at UBA and stealing one million naira in the account.
EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujare, said in a statement on Wednesday that Ekhatoro was handed the sentence in a judgment delivered by Justice Hafsat Yahaya Sani, on Wednesday.
“The convict’s journey to prison started when the Commission received a petition alleging that he and one Ogie (who is still at large) conspired and stole N1,000,000 (One Million Naira) only from the bank account of the complainant through hacking,” the statement said.
‘’Count two of the charge read that “You Nosa Ekhatoro on the 9th of November, 2020 at Kano within the jurisdiction of the Kano State High Court committed theft of the sum of N1, 000,000 by taking it out of the possession of Nagarba General Enterprises from his bank account domiciled in UBA and you thereby committed an offence punishable under section 287 of the Penal Code.”
