18, upheld the judgment of the Kano State High Court which
convicted and sentenced a former bank manager, Samuel Owoleye, to
19 years' imprisonment sometime in 2012.
Owoyele, a manager at the Union Bank Branch, Bank Road, Kano
was prosecuted by the commission for offenses bordering on
Obtaining by False Pretence.
On the 20th day of June, 2012, the Kano State High Court
presided over by Justice Dije Abdu Aboki found the accused person
guilty on the three count charge that was preferred against him and
convicted him accordingly.
The appellant was subsequently sentenced to 10 years imprisonment
on count one, and 7 years imprisonment on count 2 without option
of fine. However, on count three, he was sentenced to 2 years
imprisonment with option of N300,000 fine. While the sentence in
count one and two were to run concurrently, the appellant was to
serve consecutive sentence in count three.
Trouble started for Owoyele on when the commission received a
petition from one Ashiru Munzali Gambo that the convict obtained
the sum N27million under the pretext that he had $185,000 to
sell to him.
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