The Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has convicted and sentenced three men to various jail terms for being in possession of counterfeit naira notes.
Justice Abimbola Awogboro, who presided over the case, found the trio — Olaitan Dina, a 46-year-old aluminium fabricator from Maraba in Ilorin; Opeyemi Jeremiah, a bakery worker from Oke-Ero Local Government Area; and Adebayo Abiola from Osi, Ekiti State — guilty of currency counterfeiting.
In her judgment, Justice Awogboro ruled that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, describing currency counterfeiting as a serious crime against the law and society.
Dina was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, while Jeremiah and Abiola were each handed 15 months imprisonment, with all sentences to run concurrently without an option of fine.
The court also ordered that all counterfeit naira notes recovered from the convicts be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
