Indian Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Fraud in Lagos

Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, February 27, 2025, convicted and sentenced an Indian national, Chandra Singh, to 10 years imprisonment for procurement fraud.

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Singh before Justice Ijelu on Thursday, November 24, 2022, on a 19-count charge bordering on alleged retention of stolen property and bribery amounting to N816,361,386.75 (Eight Hundred and Sixteen Million, Three Hundred and Sixty-One Thousand, Three Hundred and Eighty-Six Naira, Seventy-Five Kobo).

One of the counts reads

“That Chandra Prankash Singh, on or before 1st of January, 2021, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst in the employment of African Natural Resources and Mines Limited, solicited indirectly to confer undue advantage for your company, CVN Engineering Limited, in order that you influence your employee to award the supply of items costing N365,757,457.00 to CVN Engineering Limited.”

Another count reads

“That Chandra Prankash Singh, on or before 1st of January, 2021, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst in the employment of African Natural Resources and Mines Limited, solicited indirectly to confer undue advantage for your company, Neo Paints Nigeria Limited, in order that you influence your employee to award the supply of items costing N243,141,638.75 to Neo Paints Nigeria Limited.”