The Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Monday sentenced a court registrar, Mrs. Oluronke Rosolu, to 10 years imprisonment for defrauding a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd), of $330,000.
Rosolu was convicted on all the two- count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences brought against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The presiding judge, Justice Lawal-Akapo while sentencing Rosolu said, “The representation that she never collected $330,000 from the complainant is deceptive, the accused could not provide a strong alibi for her whereabouts when the fraud occurred.
“I find the accused guilty as charged.
“As a registrar of the court, the accused should have been an image maker of the judiciary, but she acted in the contrary.
“She has to swallow her bitter pill.
“On count one, I sentence the accused to 10 years imprisonment and on count two, I sentence the accused to 10 years imprisonment.
“Both sentences are to run concurrently.”
Rosolu, who reportedly collapsed in the dock after the ruling, said, “I do not know anything about the money, what is going to happen to my children.”
