sentencing is to deter the convict and others from such act in future. It is equally corrective. The fact that the convict has repaid almost 2/3 of the amount involved does not make the offence committed any less a crime. As the parties have agreed in paragraph 6 of the Agreement of Plea Bargaining and as the Prosecution Counsel had pointed out, it will be better for both our society at large and posterity to give custodian sentence in this case. If custodian sentence is not given, the implication is that anyone can decide to go the way this convict had gone, commit atrocities, cheating and once charged to Court, will rush, pay back whatever he has gotten from the cheating and go home scot-free smiling. Not granting a custodian sentence because of the plea bargaining will be setting a very bad precedence in our jurisprudence. It will make our society to be seen as lawless. It is better to give the custodian sentence and it is based on the above that I hereby sentence you NKECHI CAROLINE AMADI to fifteen (15) months imprisonment for the offence of cheating. This Court also orders that the office where the convict works should be notified about this and a certified true copy of the Judgment and this sentencing should equally be forwarded to them, to the Code of Conduct Bureau and to any professional body where the convict is a member. The period she had spent in custody after her conviction should be considered and computed as part of the fifteen (15) months. This is the sentence of this Court made today 11/01/18 by me. ____________________ HON. JUSTICE K. N. OGBONNAYA JUDGE, FCT HIGH COURT 11/01/18 JUDGMENT IN FRN VS. NKECHI CAROLINE AMADI Page 6