A fake herbalist will spend the next 13 years in jail for N5.6m fraud.

Justice A.O. Otaluka of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, slammed a 97-year sentence on one Clement Joseph, a.k.a Dr Omale, with no option of fine.

Joseph was first arraigned by EFCC on March 7, 2017, on a seven-count, bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N5, 600, 000.

He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on the conspiracy charge and 15 years each on the rest of the six charges, totalling 97 years.

The prison terms run concurrently, and he will, however, serve only 13 years, having been in custody for two years.

The convict will also make N5.6million restitution to his victim, one Bola Akintola, following a plea by the prosecuting counsel Elizabeth Alabi.

The convict had defrauded Akintola of the said sum on the false pretence of having mystical power to deliver her from an untimely death.