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He was among the 33 suspected fraudsters arrested on September 14, 2020 in Offa area of the state.
Adebisi Ademola, a 38-year-old lecturer at the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, was on Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment for his involvement in romance scam.
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye, of the Kwara state high court sitting in Ilorin, convicted Ademola.
He was among the 33 suspected fraudsters arrested on September 14, 2020 in Offa area of the state.
The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned the suspect on a count charge bordering on romance scam, an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 95 of the Penal code law of Northern Nigeria.
The charge sheet read; ”That you, Adebisi Ademola ( a.K.A Dawn Ayero) sometime in September 2020, or thereabout inside the jurisdiction of this honourable court, attempted to dedicate an offence of cheating by way of personation through pretending and representing yourself to be a white female called Dawn Ayero to one Donald Oakes, who's purportedly in love with the said Oakes as it's miles contained on your Gmail account; dawnayero@gmail.Com and thereby devoted an offence opposite to Section 95 of the Penal code laws of Northern Nigeria.”
Ademola, pleaded guilty to the charge whilst it turned into study to him.
Following his ‘responsible plea’, Counsel to the anti-graft business enterprise, Andrew Akoja, invited an operative of the fee, Olumide Olasode, to the witness field to study the data of the information case.
Olasode, narrated how intelligence record caused the arrest of the defendant on September 14,2020 at Offa area of Kwara kingdom.
Petition from concerned citizens of Offa, announcement of the defendant and all the fraudulent messages printed out of his email, have been tendered and admitted in evidence by the courtroom.
Thereafter, Akoja, advised the courtroom to convict the defendant based totally on his plea, the exhibits tendered and the evidence of the only prosecution witness (PW1).
Justice Oyinloye, in his judgement, observed Ademola responsible of the fee and for this reason sentenced him.
He but, gave him M50,000 alternative of pleasant, and ordered the forfeiture of his telephone used as the device to dedicate the crime to the federal authorities.
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