73-year-old Abomeli bags 24 years imprisonment for N71m fraud

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has sentenced 73-year-old Anthony Abomeli to 24 years in prison for N71m fraud.

Abomeli, 73, was arraigned by the EFCC on a nine-count charge bordering on the issuance of dud cheques, obtaining by false pretence and stealing to the tune of N71 million.

He was accused of defrauding a company, Nepal Oil and Gas Services Limited, in a business deal that involved the sale of land in Onitsha, Anambra State.