The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, July 4, 2022 secured the conviction and sentencing of the duo of Ahmad Ahmad and Friday Arome Okedi before Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on separate one count charge bordering on cheating by personation.

The duo was part of the syndicate of five fraudsters arrested at Unguwan Rimi following intelligence reports on their internet fraud activities.

One of the charges against the defendants reads: " That you, Ahmad Ahmad, 'M', sometime in January, 2022, in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did attempt to commit an offence by impersonating a celebrity known as "Yo Yow" on twitter and chatted with Wesley and others unsuspecting persons with the intention of defrauding them money and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 57 of the Penal Code Law, 2017 of Kaduna State and punishable under Section 142(1) law”.

The other count reads: “That you, Friday Arome Okedi sometime in May, 2022 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud falsely presented yourself as Ash WSB, a crypto trader, to the members of the public on twitter and you thereby committed an offence of impersonation contrary to and punishable under Section 142(1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017”.

Both defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charge.

Upon their guilty plea, Justice Bello convicted and sentenced the defendants to three months imprisonment and a fine of N100, 000,00. Failure to pay the fine, they shall serve an additional two months in prison.

The court further ordered Ahmad, to forfeit one Apple iPhone 7 and an MTN SIM card while Friday is to forfeit one Infinix Hot 7 phone, an MTN SIM card, one Apple iPhone 7, an Airtel SIM card and one set of Airpods to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

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5 July, 2022