The Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Hadiza Suleiman today April 4, 2023, convicted and sentenced one Ahmad Sultan Sardauna to four years imprisonment for offences bordering on conspiracy and forgery.

Sultan was arraigned by the Commission alongside one Emmanuel Tunde sometime in November 2022.for forging documents in an attempt to defraud a Somali to the tune of $4,661 under the guise of securing job for him at the United Nations.

Upon arraignment, Emmanuel pleaded guilty and was convicted by the court.

Sultan on the other hand, pleaded not guilty thereby forcing the case to proceed to trial.

However, when the matter came up for trial today, Sultan summersaulted, and pleaded guilty to the charges against him.

One of the charges reads “That you, Ahmad Sultan Sardauna (aka Sultan Fallatah) on or about the 20th of September, 2021, in Kano within the Judicial Division of the High Court of Justice of Kano State with intent to defraud forged a United Nations Offer Letter of employment dated 20th September, 2021 bearing the name Said Ismail Jama purported to have been issued by United Nations which you used to obtain money from the said Said Ismail Jama and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 362 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 364 of the same law.”

In view of his latest plea, prosecution counsel, Musa Isah asked the court to convict him accordingly.

Counsel representing the defendant Husaini Makari pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing the defendant.

Consequently, Justice Suleiman sentenced the defendant to 2years imprisonment on each of the two counts without option of fine


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04/04/2023