Man sentenced to 70 years imprisonment in Sokoto over N29.8m investment fraud

Hamzat Bashar, a resident of Sokoto, has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for defrauding several persons of a total of N29,865,000.

Bashar, who was sentenced in Sokoto on Thursday, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for defrauding victims while promoting an investment scheme. The Judge ordered the convict to restitute the total sum of N29,135,000 (twenty-nine million, one hundred and thirty-five thousand naira) to the victims through the EFCC.

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