Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, convicted and sentenced one Kehinde Adewale to jail for visa scam.

Adewale was arraigned on one count charge by the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC for obtaining the sum of N1,900,000 under the pretence of procuring a Canadian Visa for the complainant.

The charge against Adewale reads: “that you, Kehinde Adewale (M) sometime in 2019 in Warri, Delta State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria did with intent to defraud induced one Gabriel Emadamerho Atori to pay the aggregate sum of N1,900,000.00 (One Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) only into account No. 0217076444 domicile in Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and operated by you on the pretence that same was for a Canadian Visa, a pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(b) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.

Upon arraignment the defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, prompting the prosecution counsel, Immaculate Elodi, to pray the court to convict and sentence the defendant accordingly.

Justice Abang convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment without an option of fine. The court also ordered the defendant to restitute the victim the balance of N1, 450,000.00 within six months of his release from prison.

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7 July, 2022