from the convict’s Counsel, the sentence is hereby defer to tomorrow the 26th April, 2018 to enable the prosecution make available before the Court all documents or items in their possession to assist the Court in evoking section 11 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Related Offences Act, 2006 and section 314 Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. Further, the convict be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crime Commission custody pending the sentence. Signed Judge 25/04/2018 Court:In passing the sentence on the convict, I take into account the plead of allocutus made by the learned Counsel on behalf of the convict to the effect that the convict has learnt his lessons in this case, that he is a first offender, he has shown remorse, his family are now in disarray and that the convict has been deserted by his wife and he is now the person taking care of his children. I also not the fact as submitted by the learned Counsel for the convict that he has aged mother and dependants that solely depend on the convict for their sustenance. And finally, I also consider the submission of learned Counsel for the convict in relation to the mandatory provisions of section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud related Offences Act, 2006 that prescribes a term of imprisonment without an option of fine. I equally consider the submissions of the learned prosecuting Counsel not opposing the discretionary powers of the Court in granting the convict an option of fine despite the provision of section 1(3) of the same Act. She however drew my attention to 33

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