The Ikeja Special Offences Court presided by Justice Mojisola Dada yesterday sen­tenced a man, Ahmed Ti­jani, to one-year imprison­ment for involvement in a romance scam, using some fraudulent documents. Information Guide Nigeria

Dada was arraigned by Economic and Finan­cial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on an amended one-count charge, bordering on possession of document containing false pretence. INDEPENDENT reports.

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He however, pleaded guilty to the charge pre­ferred against him. jamb results

Justice Dada then found Tijani guilty as charged and sentenced him to one year in Ikoyi Correctional Centre.

She, however, gave the convict an option of N500,000 fine, following the allocutus of his counsel, Mr. Damilola Ayinde-Mar­shall.

The judge ordered the forfeiture of all the items recovered from the con­vict, which were proceeds of his fraudulent activities online.

He also ordered the con­vict to sign an undertak­ing with EFCC, upon his release, never to engage in any form of economic and financial crimes within and outside the shores of Nigeria and to be of good behaviour.

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