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Federal High Court sitting in Duste Jigawa State presided over by Justice
Salihu Yahuza has sentenced one Dania Ojo Jerome alias Ojo Peter Ekundayo to
six months imprisonment for offences bordering on advance fee fraud.
The
convict is alleged to be a member of a syndicate of fraudsters that defrauded
one Abdulazeez Abdulrahman in an internet car sale scam. The victim was
hoodwinked by an auto sale advert placed by the scammers on the internet.
He
responded and was instructed to pay the sum of N100,000.00 (One Hundred
Thousand Naira only) into one of their numerous accounts domiciled in one of
the new generation banks in the country for processing of the car
documents
The
one count charge on which he was convicted reads, "that you Dania
Ojo Jerome aka Ojo Peter Ekundayo on about 21st day of January 2013 within the
jurisdication of the Federal High Court Duste knowingly retained the sum of One
Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000.00k) being proceeds of illegal act on behalf
of Oluyeba Peter Ozavesha and Dominic Ozamisi being the sum obtained under
false pretence from one Abdulazeez Abdulrahman for registration, auction and
clearance papers of a nonexistent car, and you thereby committed an offence
contrary to Section 17(a) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(Establishment) Act 2004 and punishable under Section 17(b) of the same Act".
Upon
taking his plea, he pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted accordingly.
Wilson
Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
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