The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 11th
July 2016, secured the conviction of Pastor Emmanuel Markus Anga and Atin
Victor Generous before Justice Abubakar Jauro of Gombe State High Court on two
count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretense.
Justice Jauro convicted and sentence the convicts to seven
years imprisonment on count one (conspiracy), the sentence are to
run-concurrently, and also convicted and sentence Generous to another seven
years in count two (obtaining by false pretense), the sentence are to commence
on11th July, 2016.
Anga and Generous are alleged to have in November 2013,
deceived David Madison, into believing that they were employees of foreign
exchange business, Gora Commanding Resources, which they claimed belonged to
Philemon Gora, who is still at large.
Madison was lured into believing that his investment of five
hundred thousand (N500, 000.00) would yield him ten percent (10%) interest as
returns on a monthly basis.
He however discovered later that the 10% on his capital
reflected on his account only in the first month of his investment. While all
the effort to recover his money proved abortive.
While delivering his judgment, Justice Jauro, ordered
Generous to restitute five hundred thousand naira, N500, 000.00, to the victim.
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