A Lagos State Special Offences Court has sentenced Harry Uyanwanne and his wife, Oluwakemi Odia, known as Kristein Uyanwanne, to 14 years’ imprisonment each over a ₦67,659,592 fra¥d involving property belonging to beneficiaries of the estate of late Dr. Moshood Babatunde Odemuyiwa.
Justice Mojisola Dada delivered the judgment in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 2, 2026, after finding them guilty of conspiracy, ste@ling and obtaining money by false pretence. She also ordered them to refund ₦67,659,592 to the petitioner, Olusola Odemuyiwa.
The case was filed by the EFCC’s Lagos Zonal Directorate 1. The couple faced four counts bordering on conspiracy, ste@ling, obtaining money by false pretence and forgery, but were discharged on the forgery count.
The EFCC alleged that in 2010, they fra¥dulently sold a property at No. 19, Murtala Mohammed Way, Ebute Meta, Oyingbo, Lagos, to Harry Dyawanne for ₦16 million without the rightful beneficiaries’ authority. They allegedly claimed they had been authorised by the bona fide beneficiaries of the late man’s estate to sell it, knowing the claim was false.
The agency accused them of conspiring to dishonestly take the estate property, contrary to Section 285(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, and obtaining money through the false representation.
Both defendants pleaded not guilty at arraignment. During the trial, prosecution counsel Fadeke Giwa called three witnesses and tendered documentary exhibits, while the defence called one witness.
Justice Dada ruled that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. She sentenced each defendant to three years for conspiracy, one year for ste@ling and 10 years for obtaining money by false pretence, without the option of a fine, totalling 14 years each.
However, the first defendant’s sentence was suspended until he is apprehended. The court also discharged both defendants on the fourth count of forgery.
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