Justice Suleiman Baba Namalam of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Raphael Bassey Williams to one year imprisonment.

Williams attempted to defraud a Kuwaiti citizen, Bader Mubaraq by representing himself as a female American citizen looking for a husband.

The charge read, “That you, Raphael Bassey Williams, Nigerian citizen sometime in 2022 within the jurisdiction of this court attempted to defraud one Bader Mubarrak, a foreigner from Kuwait by falsely presenting yourself as Emmanuel Milani, an American citizen which you knew is false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 95 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 32 of the same law.”

Williams pleaded guilty to the one count charge when it was read to him.

In view of his plea, prosecution counsel, Douglas I. Gift asked the court convict him accordingly.

Consequently, Justice Namalam, convicted and sentenced the defendant to one year imprisonment with option of Fifty Thousand Naira (50,000) fine.

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20 October, 2022