Two Sureties, Williams Greatman and Keuseph Abi have been sentenced to six months Imprisonment for forgery charges by Rivers State Federal High Court in Port Harcourt.
The two convicts were said to have forged Certificate of Occupancy in order to stand as a surety to secure bail of a defendants standing trial at the court.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned the convicts before different Judges.
Justice Hiliary Oshomah convicted Greatman and keuseph Abi was convicted by Justice Abubakar.
Greatman who was arraigned on Thursday, December 12 changed his plea from not guilty to guilty based on a plea bargain agreement.
In view of his plea, prosecuting counsel, U.D Asueizibe, prayed the court to convict him accordingly.
His counsel, Ebimoboere Peresei, did not oppose Asueizibe’s prayers.
Justice Oshomah sentenced him to six months imprisonment without option of fine.
On his part, keuseph Abi was arraigned on December 10 on a one-count charge bordering on forgery contrary to Section 6 of Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud-Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.
The defendant pleaded ‘’guilty’’ to the one-count charge preferred against him.
Justice Abubakar convicted and sentenced him to six months imprisonment with an option of a fine of N100,000.
