Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan on Thursday, July 2, 2020, convicted and sentenced an internet fraudster, Olawale Ayomide Fadoju to 12 months imprisonment as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office docked a septuagenarian for N25million land scam.
The convict who hid under a pseudo name, โApril Rozellโ to dupe his victims online, was found guilty of criminal impersonation in one-count amended charge filed against him by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the EFCC.
The offence runs contrary to Section 22 (2)(b) (i & ii) of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention e.t.c) Act, 2015.
He pleaded guilty to the charge, following which prosecution counsel, Simon Ibekwute urged the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
Beside the jail term, the convict will also restitute to his victim, the sum of $750.00 USD (Seven Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars) and forfeit his iPhone 6 phone, being a proceed of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
In a related development, the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Commission on Thursday, July 2, 2020, arraigned 78-years old, Alhaji Sheik Rauf Temitope Mustapha for alleged N25million land fraud. He was arraigned before Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan on 27-count charges, bordering on obtaining by false pretence and issuance of dud cheque.
