A native doctor has been sentenced to spend as
many as 97 years in prison after he was found out
to have committed a crime.

According to NAN, Justice Angela Otaluka of the
FCT High Court, Apo, on Wednesday sentenced a
43-year-old native doctor, Clement Joseph to a total
of 97 years in prison over N5.6 million fraud.

Joseph, also known as “Dr Omale”, was arraigned
by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) on a seven-count charge bordering on
obtaining by false pretence.

Delivering judgment in the case, Mrs Otaluka held
that the prosecution had proved its case against the
defendant and subsequently found him guilty as
charged in all seven counts.

She, therefore, sentenced him to seven years on
count one without any option of fine and sentenced
him to 15 years each on counts two to seven
without any option of fine.

The judge, however, ordered that the sentence is to
run concurrently, excluding the two years he had
spent in prison custody before being convicted.
Also, Mrs Otaluka ordered the convict to make a
restitution of the sum of N5. 6 million to Bola
Akinbola, the nominal complaint in the case.


In his allocutus before the sentence, counsel for the
defendant, Johnbull Adara, urged the court to temper
justice with mercy, adding that the court should take
into account the fact that the convict has been in
custody since August 5, 2016.

While pleading that the court should give minimum
sentence to the convict, Mr Adara urged the court to
consider the fact that Clement is a first-time offender.

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Na to jus kuku join d gods from there... If his deities no save am and help am now, wetin him gain

Hope he can disappear from prison

Judges get mind. If they can jail an ordinary person for that long for a paltry sum what have they done to politicians and public office holders for the billions they steal daily.