Photographs: Three Wonder Bank Operators pack 8 months imprison term for scheme and swindling

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday, 8th December, 2016 secured the conviction of three administrators of ponder bank, Dayo Peter Bulus (a.k.a Bulus MaiyakiL Oyeleye Adetunji (a.k.a James Adetunji) and Martins Adedayo before Justice Salad Mohammed of High Court 2 Gombe, Gombe State on two Count charge of Conspiracy and Cheating to tune of (N968, 050) Nine Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand Fifty Naira Only. 

The Convicts were charged by the EFCC on Thursday 8th December, 2016 under the watchful eye of Gombe State High Court no. 2. Upon their arraignment, the convict conceded to the two count charge as a detriment to them. 

In perspective of the supplication of guilty entered by the second, s= and fourth Accused people, the indictment direct A.M Labaran encourage the court to convict them' in light of their request as there is no preferred proof over the admission of a blamed individual furthermore refered to Section 28 of the Evidence Act, 2011 as Amended. 

The complainant asserted that the convicts were utilizing the Company Graceland Real Option Ltd. to draw their casualties in Gombe State through a guarantee of delicate advance of 12% loan fee without security. The convicts settled the reimbursement time of the said credit to 35 weeks with alternative of week by week or month to month reimbursement. 

The casualties were baited to buy the credit frame at the cost of N2,000 (Two Thousand Naira Only) before they can be allowed the advance, which substantial number of people key into. It was at the purpose of obtaining the advance frame that a portion of the casualties speculated misrepresentation and alarmed the EFCCwhich swung into examination that prompted to the capture of the convicts. 

Check one of the charge read 11 That you Graceland Real Option Ltd., Dayo Peter Bulus (a.k.a Bulus Maivaki), Oyeleye Adetunji (a.k.a James Adetunji), 

Martins Adedayo being the record officer and specialists of Graceland Real Option Ltd, and Kenny Christopher (now everywhere) at some point in June, 2016 at Gombe, Gombe State inside the purview of this Honorable Court, did plotted among yourselves to do an illicit demonstration to mind; deceitfully prompts different people to incorporate Vitalis Okoro, Hauwa'u Adamu, Maryam Bukar Ibrahim, Innocent Nwabodo among other unsuspected casualties to convey monies to the tune of N968,OSO.OO (Nine Hundred and Sixty Eight Thousand Fifty Naira Only) to you under the mask that after keeping 20% a client wish to get, the said whole were to be utilized to get to advance from Graceland Real Option Ltd which never happened and in this way committed an offense in spite of Section 96 of the reformatory code and culpable under Section 97 of the Penal Code. 

The managing Judge Justice Mohammed in the wake of listening to entries from the indictment and the guard direct concurred with the accommodation of the arraignment advice to convict the second, third and fourth denounced people. In any case, the court indicted and sentenced them to two (2) months detainment with a choice of N20,000 fine on check 1 and six (6) months detainment with an alternative of N40, 000 fine on tally 2. 

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