Justice Austine Ityonyiman of the State High Court, Makurdi, Benue State on Friday sentenced one Amohu Sorochi Theresa to one year in prison for criminal misappropriation of N4.8 million belonging to her employers.
The Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned the convict on one-count charge of criminal misappropriation and dishonestly converting the sum of N4,826,150.00 being part of daily contributions paid by customers through her.
The EFCC said her victim wrote a petition to the commission that Theresa was employed by their company as a recovering officer, and she was promoted to the post of cash operations manager in charge of daily collections, point of sale (POS) transaction, DSTV/GOTV decoders’ sales, subscription and installation and other cash transactions of the company.
In this capacity, the defendant collected daily contributions from customers and did not remit the money to her employers, the EFCC said.
She was first arraigned on January 18, 2022, and pleaded not guilty to a one count charge and the case proceeded to full trial.
To prove the case against her, the prosecution called three witnesses and tendered 21 exhibits which were admitted in evidence, while the defendant called two witnesses and tendered one exhibit.
Delivering judgment today, Justice Ityonyiman held that the prosecution had proved the case against the defendant and sentenced her to one year imprisonment with an option of N100,000 fine.