Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Ilorin on Friday July 1, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Adesanya Adeolu Tosin, a 300-Level Student of Federal University, Lokoja.
The Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday convicted and sentenced a 300Level student of Federal University of Lokoja, Kogi State to one-year imprisonment for posing as America Military Officer to defraud his unsuspecting victims.
Justice Mohammed Sani who delivered the verdict said Adesanya was convicted alongside one Usman Abubakar from Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State for cybercrime.
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned the duo on separate charges bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities.
The defendants pleaded guilty when the charges were read to them.
Following his guilty pleas, Innocent Mbachie and Sesan Ola who prosecuted the cases on behalf of the Commission reviewed the facts of the cases and tendered the extra-judicial statements of the defendants, phones, drafts which they brought as restitution to their victims and fraudulent messages printed from his devices, which were admitted in evidence.
Written by Adekunle Biodun