The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of five internet fraudsters, before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State.

The convicts, whose ages range between 19 and 28 years are; Churchill Tam Kridi, Aniekpeno Aniekan John, Samuel Emmanuel Ngozi, Enoch Mfoniso Ofonime and Endurance Friday.

While Kridi and John were arraigned on separate one-count charge, Friday, Ofonime and Ngozi were arraigned on separate two-count charges, all bordering on impersonation and obtaining by false pretence.

One of the charge against them reads: “That you, Samuel Emmanuel Ngozi sometime in 2023 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to obtain property and gain advantage for yourself, fraudulently presented yourself as Maipham and Rumeysa”

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26/04/2023