EX-RECTOR SENTENCE TO JAIL FOR FRAUD
Dr Isidore Ojukwu Nwankwo, a former rector of Enugu Polytechnic has been sent to to prison for conspiracy and false pretense on his students.
Nwankwo was prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a six-count charge, bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence of money worth N1,153,700.00.
The money was said to have been obtained by fraud from some students of the school in contravention of Section 1(1)(a) of Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Punishable under Section 1(3) of the Same Act.
This was reveal when one Eze and 19 other students of the school petitioned the Enugu Zonal Office of the EFCC, alleging that they were deceived into believing that the school was partly owned by the Enugu State government and accredited by the appropriate authorities.
Due to the false belief, the students reportedly paid the sums of N5, 000 for admission form, N10, 000 for acceptance fee and N35, 000 for first semester school fees each before discovered that the school was an illegal institution.
The EFCC, revealed that the state government has no business with the school; and that the school is neither recognized by the state government, nor registered with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
The Judge, Justice Buba noted that the prosecution counsel, Michael Ani Ikechukwu, proved his case against the defendant beyond reasonable doubts.
The judge has now sentence to one year imprisonment and further ordered him to restitute the students, the sum of N1,153,700.00.
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