Justice Iyabo Yerima of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan today convicted and sentenced Adisa Adebayo Adegboyega, an Ordinary National Diploma (OND) graduate of the Oke Ogun Polytechnic Saki, Oyo state to six-month jail term.
The judge equally sentenced an 18-year-old Ganiyu Sodiq Olalekan, an artisan, to three months community service.
The duo were arrested and arraigned before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), were found guilty of internet fraud.
The judge also ordered Adisa to restitute to his victim, Herby De Ruiter, the sum of $2,045 through the Federal Government of Nigeria, and to also forfeit his Techno Spark 4 mobile phone and one Dell Laptop to the Federal government of Nigeria.
Ganiyu was ordered to restitute the sum of $250 to his victim, David Govann, through the EFCC and forfeits an Iphone 6x mobile phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The charge against Adisa reads: “That you, Adisa Adebayo Adegboyega on or about the 17th of November, 2020, at Ibadan within the Ibadan Judicial Division of this Honourable Court with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of $800 through gift cards from one Herby Ruiter by falsely representing to him that you are a 45 years old white American nurse working in Cyprus, who goes by the name Jennifer Joel and who is in love with him and ready to marry him, which representations you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence”.
The offense is contrary to Section 419 of the Criminal Code, Cap.C38, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000 charges.
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