SOJI AJIBOLA, IBADAN
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office, has secured the conviction of one Oluwatoyin Henry, an undergraduate student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State over N.45m scam
The suspect was arraigned before the court on one-count charge bordering on intent to defraud and obtaining money under false pretence.
The charge read, “That you Oluwatoyin Henry sometime in 2019, at Ogbomosho, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred United States of America Dollars (USD$1,200) from one Betty Mosley, when you falsely represented to him that you are a citizen of United States of America by name Amanda, who is in love with him which representations you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence.”
The suspect pleaded guilty to the amended charge after a plea bargain agreement with the prosecution, and was subsequently sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Sherifat Adeyemi.
Justice Adeyemi in her ruling ordered him to restitute the sum of $1,200 USD (One Thousand Two Hundred United States of American Dollars) to his victim, and forfeit his iPhone 11, one Infinix Hot 5 and a Nokia phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria.