Traditional ruler jailed 6 months over fraud: "A traditional ruler in obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Tony Micah, 50, is to spend six months in prison after being convicted for stealing, forgery, obtaining by false pretence (419) and conspiracy.
While sentencing the monarch, who is also a Chief Executive Officer of a company in the state, a Port Harcourt Magistrate Court presided over by B. G. Macfailine, ordered the convicted traditional ruler to pay a fine of N5,000 in the alternative.
In his bid to escape being thrown behind bars for the period, the convict promptly issued a cheque for the sum through his counsel Mr. Bello, who had argued that his client should not be tried on multiple charges."
