Court Jails NDDC Staff 7 Years for N4m Contract Fraud

Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Friday, 17 January, sentenced  one


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Court Jails NDDC Staff 7 Years for N4m Contract Fraud
Tarila Ebizimor


Justice A.T Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, on Friday, 17 January, sentenced  one Tarila Ebizimor to seven years imprisonment for obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N4,000,000.00.

The convict, a supervisor in the Security Department of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC was prosecuted by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the EFCC on a four-count charge.

Ebizimor's journey to prison began in August, 2013 when he paraded himself as personal assistant to managing director of the NDDC and obtained the sum of N4million from the petitioner on the pretext that he will help facilitate the award of road construction contract to him.


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Victory Ejoh
Special Duties Correspondent of Fresh Angle International Newspaper. I am a graduate of Mass Communication from Nigeria Institute of Journalism,NIJ,Lagos.
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