Nigeria, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has sentenced a staff member of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Kinsley Eselebor, to seven years' imprisonment for defrauding a land buyer with forged documents.

Trial judge A.O. Musa found Mr Eselebor guilty on all five counts brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), according to a statement from the commission's spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, on Wednesday.

The court sentenced the convict to seven years' imprisonment each on counts one, two and three, and two years each on counts four and five, with all sentences to run concurrently and without an option of fine

The case arose from the sale of two plots of land...