Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja sentenced Abodurin Gerald Abozo to eight years in prison for land fraud on Wednesday, October 2, 2024.
Abozo was charged on October 15, 2023, with two counts: obtaining money under false pretense and st£aling.
The first charge stated that Abozo, operating under the name S.G.B. & A Property Lines Company, deceived Engineer Samuel Segher in 2013 into paying N62 million for two plots of land in Chevy Estate, claiming to sell them when he had no intention of doing so.
The second charge claimed that he unlawfully used the same amount belonging to Segher.
Abozo pleaded “not guilty,” leading to a full trial where prosecution counsel M.S. Owede presented two witnesses and submitted various documents, including Abozo’s extra-judicial statement, all of which were accepted by the court.
In the judgment, Justice Ijelu sentenced Abozo to seven years for the first count and one year for the second count, without the option of a fine. He was also ordered to repay the N62 million to the victim.
Abozo’s legal troubles began when he was arrested for defrauding Engineer Samuel Segher by taking N62 million under the pretense of selling him land, which he neither delivered nor refunded.
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