2 teachers jailed over N3m admission scam
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the prosecutor insp. sunday baba had said that the matter was transferred on may 5 2016 from the nigeria defence academy kaduna to the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for investigation1 a chief magistrates court in kaduna on wednesday sentenced two teachers adams jibril 28 and mohammed yusuf 27 to combined 24 months imprisonment for defrauding a man of n3 million1 in her judgment the magistrate mrs zainab mohammed said the prosecution was able to prove the charge of conspiracy cheating impersonation and forgery against jibril1 mohammed thereafter sentenced jibril to 18 months imprisonment with an option of n100000 fine1 she also sentenced yusuf to six months imprisonment on charge of conspiracy and forgery with an option of n20000 fine1 the convicts had however pleaded not guilty to the charges1 the convicts both residents of chechenji road kaduna were arraigned on a five-count charge of criminal conspiracy breach of trust cheating impersonation and forgery1 baba told the court that yahaya abdullahi of kinkinu kaduna in june 2015 reported that the convicts came to his house and defrauded him of n3 million1 the prosecutor said the convicts had deceived the complainant that they would help him get admission for his son abdullaziz at the nigeria defence academy kaduna1 after the complainant gave the convicts the money they later brought the admission letter which was discovered to be fake1 all effort made by the complainant to get his money back proved abortive rather the convicts absconded to an unknown destination baba added1 the prosecutor said the offences contravened sections 97 312179322 and 364 of the penal code of kaduna state 20171