Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old internet fraudster, Victor Salawu, to community service.
Salawu was arraigned on a one-count charge of impersonation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), to which he pleaded guilty.
The charge read: “That you, Salawu Victor,(alias James Chris), sometime in the month of February 2019, in Ilorin, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, did attempt to cheat by impersonation, having portrayed yourself as a “white male, named James Chris” via your email address jameachris231411@gmail.com to one Seth B. in other to induce him to send you money, a representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 95 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.”
Following his plea, the prosecution counsel, Andrew Akoja, reviewed the facts of the case and urged the court to convict him accordingly.
Justice Oyinloye found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to sweeping and clearing Ahmadu Bello Way up to the Commissioner of Police Quarters, Ilorin G.R.A.
The convict was also ordered to pay a N50,000 fine and forfeited two iPhones recovered from him to the Federal government with a right to re-purchase them.