IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
HOLDEN AT ABUJA
THIS TUESDAY THE 18TH DAY OF MAY, 2015.
BEFORE: HON. JUSTICE A. I. KUTIGI -- JUDGE
CHARGE No CR/29/14
BETWEEN:
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA……............................COMPLAINANT
AND
OTO-OBONG EMMANUEL BASSEY..........................ACCUSED PERSON
JUDGMENT
The Accused Person is standing trial by virtue of an amended charge dated
27th April, 2015 and filed on 29th April, 2105 in the court’s registry. The two
counts charge reads as follows:
1. That you Oto-Obong Emmanuel Bassey sometime in 2011 in Abuja
within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,
fraudulently induced one Mrs. Dorothy Adiele, to pay to you the sum of
N750,000.00(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only) by
deceiving her to believe that you will secure employment for her
daughter, one Ugochinyere Adiele, and you thereby committed an
offence contrary to Section 320(a) and Punishable Under Section 322
of the Penal Code Law Cap 532 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,
1990.
2. That you Oto-Obong Emmanuel Bassey sometime in 2011 in Abuja
within the jurisdiction of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory,
fraudulently induced one Mrs. Dorothy Adiele, to pay to you the sum of
N500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only) by deceiving her to
believe that you will secure employment for her daughter, one
Ugochinyere Adiele, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to
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