An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba on Thursday handed down a seven year sentence to a former Air Vice Marshall, Tony Omenyi, for fraud.
In a short judgment, the judge also ordered the forfeiture of N62 million to the Federal Government of Nigeria, being part of the N136 million recovered from Mr Omenyi by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Additionally, Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services Ltd (AETSL), second defendant company of the convicted man was also slated for winding up compulsorily as a vehicle of corruption.
It would be remembered that Mr Omenyi alongside his company, Aeronautical Engineering and Technical Services Ltd (AETSL), had been on trial for receiving over N136 million kickback from Syrius Technologies and Sky Experts Ltd., engaged by the Nigerian Air Force, NAF.