A Lagos State High Court has sentenced and Indian, Chandra Singh to ten (10) years imprisonment for offenses bordering on procurement fraud.
Singh was arraigned before the court on 19-count charge that has to do with retention of stolen properties and fraud amounting to N816,361,386.75.
The said charges were instituted against him by the Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The defendant was initially brought before Honorable Justice I.O Ijelu on November 24,2024.
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.”
Chandra Singh was accused of dishonestly retaining a sum of $4,150 belonging to the African Natural Resources and Mines Limited.
He pleaded “not guilty” to all the counts, thereby leading to the commencement of his trial.