Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court in a ruling convicted a Badagry Prince, Semasa James, for three years after he was found guilty of forgery and fraud.
Checkout Magazine learnt that Prince Semasa faced a seven-count charge of forgery, uttering of false document and fraudulent disposal of trust property proffered against him by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force.
Semasa faced these charges alongside his personal assistant Afolabi Kazeem before Justice Taiwo.
Justice Taiwo in her judgment found Semasa not guilty of the charges of forgery and fraudulent disposal of trust property noting that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
The trial judge, however, found the first defendant guilty of three counts of uttering of false documents.
She convicted and sentenced him to one year in prison on each count which is to run concurrently or an option of N450,000 fine.
He is accused of defrauding his 26 siblings of N500million inheritance while administering the estate of the deceased king.
Kazeem, his personal assistant was accused of receiving stolen property.
