The Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, has secured the conviction and sentencing of Rose Dogara
Silas Gyar to three years imprisonment.
She was jailed by Justice Abdul Hamid of the Gombe State High
Court sitting in Gombe after pleading guilty to one-count charge bordering on
cheating to the tune of N3,000,000 (Three Million Naira only), contrary to
Section 322 of the Penal Code.
Her lone-count charge reads: “That you Rose Dogara Silas Gyar
between 17th and 30th December 2021, at Gombe, Gombe State within the
jurisdiction of this honourable court dishonestly induce Saifullahi Sani
Abdullahi to entrust to you the sum of N3,000,000 which you received via your
company Gloprenuers Enterprises, whose account is domiciled in Fidelity Bank
PLC, with account number: 5600544823 by fraudulently representing to him
that the sum has been paid as collateral for the agricultural loan facility
approved for your company by the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) under the
Anchor Borrowers programme, a representation you knew to be false thereby
committed an offence of cheating and punishable under Section 322 of the Penal
Code.”
She pleaded "guilty" to the charge when it was read
to her, upon which prosecution counsel, M.D Aliyu prayed the court to convict
and sentence her accordingly, while the defence counsel, S.O Kumu pleaded
with the court to temper justice with mercy, saying his client has shown
remorse and has fully restituted the proceeds of crime to her victim.
Justice Hamid convicted and sentenced her to three
years imprisonment with an option of fine of N20,000( Twenty Naira only).
Gyar bagged her imprisonment when a petitioner alleged that
she and Mohammad Babayo Maina (at large) induced him to part with N3million
paid into her Gioprenuers Enterprises bank account under the pretence of
enrolling him in CBN’s Anchor Borrowers’ programme for farmers with a promise
that he would receive funding and farm input from the apex bank. It dawned on
the petitioner that he has been scammed when he got nothing from the bank and
could not get a refund from Gyar and her accomplice.
In another development, EFCC operatives from the Gombe Zonal
Command have arrested one Yusufu Tanimu for Automated Teller Machine,
ATM, card fraud in the state capital.
Tanimu was arrested following actionable intelligence on his suspected involvement in ATM card fraud in Ecobank Plc.
Items recovered from him at the point of his arrest include:
33 ATM cards, belonging to different banks, a Techno phone and an
ATM card holder.
He would be charged to court as soon as investigation on his activities is concluded.
