Man sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for N200m fraud

A Federal High Court in Kano has sentenced one Saad Madaki to 10 years ’ imprisonment for defrauding one Auwalu Abdulkadir , a retired Kano State treasurer, of N 200m.

Justice J. K . Dagat, while giving the judgment , also ordered Madaki to refund the money to the retiree.

Madaki was arraigned by the Kano zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on one count of obtaining the money under false pretences.

Madaki , upon arraignment on April 4 , 2017, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Prosecution counsel, Douglas I. Gift , presented five witnesses and seven exhibits to the court to establish Madaki ’s guilt .