Justice Maryam Sabo of the Kano State High Court has sentenced a businesswoman, Ebonine Rita Uzoamaka, to seven years in prison for her involvement in a N5.6 million fraud scheme.
The conviction follows a legal battle that began with Uzoamaka’s arraignment in August 2021. The prosecution, led by Salihu Sani, successfully argued that Uzoamaka dishonestly misappropriated N5,660,000 through a series of fraudulent transactions.
One primary charge highlighted a January 2021 incident where Uzoamaka induced a victim, Ochayi Anthony Eneche, to pay N2 million into her Access Bank account. The payment was purportedly for 500 cartons of baking powder—a product the court found she never intended to deliver.
The Trial and Verdict
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Throughout the trial, the prosecution presented four witnesses and several documentary exhibits to establish Uzoamaka’s guilt under the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006. Although the defendant maintained her innocence and testified as the sole witness for the defense, Justice Sabo found the evidence against her overwhelming.
The judge sentenced Uzoamaka to seven years of imprisonment on each of the five counts brought against her. However, the court provided an option of a N500,000 fine in lieu of the prison term.
