A fake Army General Bolarinwa Abiodun has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
He was handed the sentence by an Ikeja Special Offence Court .
Abiodun had been arrested after he posed as the Chief of Army Staff and scammed his victims to the tune of N266m.
Delivering judgment, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, sentenced Abiodun without an option of fine, following his guilty plea.
“The defendant portrayed himself to be an Army General who forged the signature of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo and current President Muhammadu Buhari in defrauding and obtaining by false pretenses to the victim.
“He so perfected the scam by the level of his education, that one wonders whether such individual should be allowed to walk scot free. It is so sad that people like this have given our dear country a bad name.
“I hereby sentence you Bolarinwa Abiodun to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The convict should pay N20 million to the victim and his First Bank Account with number 3050622693 used in carrying out the fraud be closed.
“He is to also forfeit building at No.1 Joke Ayo St., Alagbado.
His four vehicles, Black Range Rover, Black BMW car, Black Toyota Land Cruiser, and White Toyota Hilux with reg no Lagos KTU 985 ET which were recovered from him be forfeited,” the judge said.
The EFCC counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, submitted that he forged the signature of Obasanjo and the signature of President Muhammadu Buhari in defrauding his victim of N266.5 million.