The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC says it has secure a conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar, DCR, of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Adio, for issuance of dud cheque.
According to a statement obtained by Top Court News, the Ibadan zonal office of the commission secured the conviction of the Registrar on Friday.
Mutiat Adio, was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment after pleading guilty to obtaining money by false pretence by Justice M. L Owolabi led Court.
Upon arraignment on January 30, 2018, the defendant had initially pleaded “not guilty” to the charges but later changed her plea to “guilty” after a plea bargain agreement leading to the amendment of the charges.
The prosecution accused her of fraudulently obtaining a 2000 Model Toyota Pathfinder SUV valued at N1, 500,000 from one Fabunmi Samuel of Fatai Olanrewaju Motors by issuing a cheque without corresponding value cash value in the account.
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The victim was said to have released the said vehicle to her but the cheque was dishonoured within three months of issuance for insufficient funds in the account.
Justice Owolabi, thereafter pronounced the defendant guilty of the offence and sentenced her to three years in prison.
The court also ordered her to restitute to the complainant, Mr Samuel of Fatai Olanrewaju Motors the sum of N500,000 in addition to the sum of N1,000,000 she had previously paid in restitution to the victim.
Ms Adio had been previously jailed twice for fraud on May 18, 2018, when she was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for obtaining N9.2 million from one Abiodun Olonade, a Nigerian resident in Ireland, by false pretence.
