Miner jailed two years over fake money transfer
Jos, April 2026 (TBL Africa) A Magistrates’ Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a 25-year-old miner, Abubakar Ibrahim, to two years imprisonment for fake money transfer.
The Magistrate, Mrs Irene Pati, sentenced the convict, who pleaded guilty to the charge with no option of fine and ordered him to pay N120,000 to the complainant.
She said it would serve as deterrent to those intending to commit such crimes.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat , told the court that the complainant, Kulwanu Abubakar, reported the case on Jan.16, at the Nassarawa Gwong Police Station.
Gokwat said the convict went to the complainant shop and bought two truck batteries at the rate of N120,000 and claimed to have made a transfer to the owner.
He said that the convict gave his phone number , which never went through when the shop owner tried calling him to complain that no alert was received.
During police investigation, he was caught and arrested.
He said the offence contravened the Plateau Penal Code Law.
