A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 51-year-old businessman , Posat Danfulani to two years imprisonment for swindling his colleague of N700,000. The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, summarily tried and sentenced Danfulani after he pleaded guilty to the charge. The magistrate, however, gave the convict an option to pay N50,000. Bokkos also ordered the convict to pay N600,000 as compensation. The prosecutor said that the convict was given N700,000 to buy fertiliser but he misappropriated the money .

Source: The Guardian August 01, 2024 01:35 UTC