A 24-year-old man Francis Stephen Oke Eghele has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for representing himself as a female American to defraud unsuspecting victims. THE GUARDIAN reports.
He was convicted alongside one Adeniyi Adekunle Aliyu from Iworoko, Ado Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State over a similar offence.Information Guide Nigeria
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The duo were arraigned on separate charges by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC.
Count 2 of the charge against Eghele reads: “That you, Stephen Oke Eghele (a.k.a Sugarmom) sometime in July 2022 or thereabout at Ilorin, Kwara State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court attempted to commit an offence of cheating by personation by pretending and representing yourself to be a white woman called sugarmom who was in a romantic relationship with a white man, Oliver Pedrin as it is contained in your Instagram account: Sugarmomheater-0034 and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 95 of the Penal Code Laws of Northern Nigeria.”
While the charge against Adeniyi reads: “That you, Adeniyi Adekunle Aliyu sometime in November 2022, in Ilorin, Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did cheat by personation when you pretended to be a white female named Jessica Joanne with email address, jessicaweaver9004@gmail.com which you used to communicate with one Joe Maccreeary and induced him to send you the sum of $200 via Google Play Gift cards and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 321 of the Penal Code Law and Punishable under section 324 of the same Law.”JAMB Result
The duo pleaded guilty to their respective charges.
Following their guilty pleas, Anselm Ozioko (Jnr) and Isabel Adeniran who represented the EFCC, urged the courts to convict the defendants based on their pleas and the evidence tendered before it.
Justice Akinpelu sentenced Francis to six months imprisonment each on counts one and two with the option of fine of N100,000 on each count. The court also ordered that one Infinix phone, which the convict used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.
Adeniyi was sentenced to six months imprisonment with the option of N200,000 . Also, the court ordered that one Nokia phone, Hp laptop, and Infinix phone used to commit the crime and N200,000 which he benefited from the unlawful activities be forfeited to the Federal Government.NYSC Portal
