A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, on Thursday, sentenced one Aderibigbe Shehu, a student of Kwara State University, (KWASU), Malete, to three years in prison over internet fraud.
The KWASU student pretended to be a widow, who resides in the United States of America (USA), to defraud unsuspecting victims.
Aderibigbe, a native of Osogbo, Osun State capital, was one of the 30 suspected internet fraudsters arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at Malete, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State on September 19, 2021.
The prosecution counsel, Rasheedat Alao, reviewed the facts of the case and tendered the extra-judicial statements of the defendant, which were admitted in evidence.
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Alao prayed the court to consider the guilty plea of the defendant, his extra-judicial statements and all the exhibits tendered to convict the defendant as charged.
The presiding Judge, Justice Muhammed Sani, pronounced Aderibigbe guilty of the charge and sentenced him to three years in prison with a fine option of N982,403.
Sani also ordered that the iPhone7 plus and Laptop that the defendant used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.
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