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
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