Court Jails Man Five Years For Employment Scam

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, has sentenced Happiness Eboh to five years in prison for duping some persons seeking employment with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. According to a statement made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Sunday by the NSCDC, Justice Babs Kuewumi found Eboh guilty on the count of conspiracy. He, therefore, sentenced him to five years in prison with hard labour for the crime he was said to have committed in Osogbo, the Osun State capital between January 30th and May 7th , 2013. The security agency had arraigned Eboh alongside two other persons who are now at large on four count charge of
stealing,conspiracy, impersonation, and advance fee fraud. The convict was said to have obtained a sum of N5,000 from Issa Musa under the false pretence of securing employment for him in the NSCDC, thereby commited an offence contrary to and punishable under section 8 (a), (b) and (c) of the Advanced Fee Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. Eboh was also said to have impersonated as an officer of the NSCDC, thereby commited an offence contrary to and punishable under section 484 of the Criminal code Cap 138 Vol. 4 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. He was further accused of stealing, an offence contrary to Section 383 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 138 Vol. 4 and punishable under section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Cap 138 Vol 4 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. He was found guilty on the count of conspiracy and was subsequently sentenced to five years imprisonment by the presiding judge.