By Ismail Auwal
A High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced a Kano- based lawyer, Abdullahi Mohammed Hanga, to two years imprisonment over forgery.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who brought the charges against the convict, accused him of forgery based on four-count charges.
The presiding judge, Justice Aisha Mahmud, on Friday found the defendant guilty on count 3 but discharged and acquitted him on counts 1, 2, and 4.
He was subsequently sentenced to two years imprisonment or an option of fine of N250, 000.
In the course of the trial, prosecution counsel, Musa Isah, called a total of four witnesses and tendered many documents that were admitted as exhibits by the court.
Hanga’s journey to prison started when a petitioner alleged that he sold a property meant for a specified buyer already named in a document, to one of his relatives and forged the prepared document to reflect the name of the new buyer. He also converted the proceeds of the sale of the property to his personal use.
