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On Cybercrime Allegation: Abuja Court Jails NYSC Member For 2 Months
A Federal Excessive Court docket Abuja, presided over by Justice Inyang Ekwo, has jailed a member of the Nationwide Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ajayi Temitope Ayokunle for 2 months with out possibility of advantageous.
The 30-year previous corps member had disguised as Dr Joshua to defraud an American citizen, Maria, of $1000 {dollars}.
Handing over the sentencing on Tuesday, the court docket ordered that Ayokunle ought to forfeit a money sum of $500 {dollars} present in his checking account and a classy android phone to the Federal Authorities.
One depend cost filed in opposition to the corps member by the EFCC, said that the defendant fraudulently swindled one Maria, a United States of America citizen beneath the pretext of romance by posing as Dr Joshua to ship the sum of $1000 which she wouldn’t have achieved however for the deceit.
The cost marked FHC/ABJ/CR/316/2021 runs opposite to part 22 (2) of the Cybercrime Prohibition, Prevention Act 2015.
Justice Ekwo expressed resentment over the speed of cybercrime amongst Nigerian youth, and consequently refused the plea cut price entered by the convict with the EFCC.
He had confessed to committing the crime and requested for a delicate touchdown of choices of fines.
However after his arraignment on Tuesday, EFCC’s lawyer, Mrs Dichi Gershom Umar instructed the choose in regards to the plea cut price and urged him to convict the defendant with an possibility of advantageous.
Nonetheless, Justice Ekwo declined.
Justice Ekwo who was not snug with the phrases of the plea cut price subjected the convict to questioning whereas within the dock.
The convict instructed the Decide that he learn Political Science in certainly one of Nigeria’s universities and at present present process his one yr necessary service with the NYSC.
Miffed by the unremorseful perspective of the defendant, Justice Ekwo mentioned the problem of choices of fines is not going to occur in his court docket with a purpose to function deterrent to different criminally minded youths.
