Couple jailed 14 years each for N67.6m property fraud in Lagos

A Lagos tribunal has sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odia, besides known arsenic Kristein Uyanwanne, to 14 years' imprisonment each for a N67.6 cardinal spot fraud.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, disclosed this successful a statement, saying Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting successful Ikeja delivered the judgement connected Monday, November 2, 2026.

The tribunal besides ordered the defendants to refund the afloat sum of N67,659,592 to the petitioner, Olusola Odemuyiwa.

The mates were prosecuted by the EFCC Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 connected a four-count complaint of conspiracy, stealing, obtaining wealth by mendacious pretence and forgery. They pleaded not blameworthy astatine their arraignment.

During the trial, prosecution counsel, Fadeke Giwa, called 3 witnesses and tendered respective documents, portion the defence called 1 witness.

In her judgement, Justice Dada held that the prosecution had proved its lawsuit beyond tenable uncertainty and convicted the defendants connected the archetypal 3 counts. However, she discharged them connected the 4th count, bordering connected forgery.

The justice sentenced them to 3 years' imprisonment each for conspiracy, 1 twelvemonth for stealing and 10 years for obtaining wealth by mendacious pretence, without an enactment of a fine.

She besides ordered that the archetypal defendant's condemnation beryllium suspende...