An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced an unemployed man, Lawal Sholaru to six months imprisonment for defrauding...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced an unemployed man, Lawal Sholaru to six months imprisonment for defrauding an American, Mr David Geobel, of $1,200 in an online scam.
Judgment in the matter was however delayed due to the lockdown arising from the ravaging Coronavirus Pandemic. “He has also unwittingly spent about two months in custody. In the interest of justice, the defendant is hereby sentenced to six months imprisonment”, she said. “He shall undertake to be of good behaviour and never to be involved in any other crime. This is the judgment of the court,” she said further said.Earlier during the proceedings, the EFCC prosecutor, Mr Samuel Daji gave a brief summary of the facts of the case.
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