Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on Monday, October 24, 2022, convicted and sentenced Lawal Afis and Emmanuel Afolabi Adediran to prison on one count charge each for internet-related offences
Afis, an undergraduate, defrauded one Johnson David whom he tricked to pay transportation fee for a bicycle gift through on an App known as Let-go.
The charge reads: “that you Lawal Afis on or about the 23rd of September, 2022 at Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, attempted to commit an offence and in such an attempt did a certain act towards the commission of the said offence, to wit falsely presented a bicycle to one Johnson David as a free gift in order to cheat him and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 57 of the Kaduna State Penal Code and punishable under Section 307 of the same Law”.
The second defendant, Adeniran, assumed dual identities of one Jim Pierce and Shawn Muller to defraud three American citizens of their hard earned money through social media platforms.
The charge reads: “that you, Emmanuel Afolabi Adeniran ( a.k.a Jim Pierce and Shawn Muller ) sometime in September, 2022 in Kaduna within the Kaduna Judicial Division of the High Court with intent to cheat, falsely presented yourself as Jim Pierce, Shawn Muller and cheated one Mary Jane, Roberta and Linda ( all United States of America Citizens ) through several social media applications and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law.
They pleaded guilty to their respective charge.
Prosecution counsel, E.K Garba, consequently urged the court to convict them as charged.
Justice Darius convicted and sentenced Afis and Adeniran to a fine of N100, 000 and N150,000 respectively. In the event they failed to pay the fines, they are to spend three months and one year respectively, in prison.
The court also ordered the forfeiture of their proceeds of crime to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
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24 October, 2022