Court Jails Two Fraudsters For N22 Million Fraud in Ilorin

Date: 2023-11-09

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, November 6, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of Tijani Quadri Olasunkanmi and Soneye Basit Abiodun before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State.

They were jailed after pleading guilty to one- count separate charge, bordering on internet fraud, brought against them by the EFCC.

One of the count charges reads:

“That you, Tijani Quadri Olasunkanmi between January, 2022 and December, 2022 in Ilorin, Kwara State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did knowingly had under your control the sum of N21,862,800.00 (Twenty one Million, Eight Hundred Sixty Two Thousand, Eight Hundred Naira Only) in your bank account number: 2115320752 with the name: Tijani Quadri Olasunkanmi domiciled with the United Bank of Africa which you knew to be proceeds of crime and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 319(a) of the Penal Code Laws of Northern Nigerian”

The defendants pleaded guilty to the charges when they were read to them.

In view of their pleas, prosecution counsel, Isabel Adeniran prayed the court to sentence and convict the defendants accordingly.

Justice Yusuf thereafter convicted and sentenced Olasunkanmi to six months imprisonment without an option of fine. He equally forfeited a Lexus RX350 Sports Utility Vehicle, Iphone 14 promax and a MacBook laptop to the Federal Government.

Similarly, the judge convicted and sentenced Abiodun to six months imprisonment with an option of fine of N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira Only). He also forfeited an iphone 6+ and the sum of N220,000 (Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira Only) to the Federal Government. Additionally, the convict was ordered to restitute the sum of $180 (One Hundred and Eighty Dollars) to his victim.

The convicts began their journey to the Correctional Centre when operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC arrested them for internet-related offences. Specifically, they impersonated foreigners and defrauded them in the process.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Pius Abioje     Obayomi Azeez     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Student Learning Support Helpline     Jimoh Bashir     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Lola Ashiru     Shonga Farm Project     Ghali Alaaya     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     KSIRS     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     QuickWin     Onikijipa     Coronavirus     Moshood Mustapha     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Bayer AG     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Royal FM     Abubakar Lah     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Tope Daramola     Tunji Olawuyi     Kola Ologbondiyan     Akeem Lawal     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Adanla-Irese     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Rebecca Bake     Onilorin     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Bayo Onimago     Albert Ogunsola     Elerinjare     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Sanitation Exercise     Kwara Politics     General Hospital, Offa     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Kulende-UITH     Suleiman Ajadi     Tafida Of Ilorin     Agboola Babatunde     Micheal Imoudu     Lawal Olohungbebe     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Garba Idris Ajia     Aminu Ado Bayero     CKNG     Kwara State Polytechnic     Sambo Murtala     Mogaji Aare     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kwara State Pension Board     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     John Obuh     Oke-Kura     Moses Salami     Galland Marcias     Tsaragi/Share     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Afonja Descendants Union    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

David Oyedepo     ASMAU PLAZA     Mohammed Halidu     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Iyeru Grammar School     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Mumeen Lah     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Chief Of Staff     Tanke     Folorunsho Erubu     Harafat E. Mukadam     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Old Oyo     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Bature Bello     Gbemi Saraki     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Folorunsho Alao     Ajikobi     Ajidagba     Amuda Musbau     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Olatunji Moronfoye     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Agboola Babatunde     Sunday Fagbemi     Sola Saraki University     Sobi FM     Tuesday Assayomo     Ajike People Support Centre     Ilorin Central Mosque     Innocent Okoye     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Yaman     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman     Amoyo     SDP     Just Law Forum     Oladimeji Thompson     Chief Imam Of Offa     Computer Based Test     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Kumbi Titiloye     The Herald     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Moshood Mustapha     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Bashiru Makama     Kemi Adeosun     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Tunji Olawuyi     RTEAN     Kayode Ogunlowo     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Aiyedun     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Oko-Olowo     Tunde Kazeem     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Ibrahim Taiwo     AbdulHamid Adi     Assayomo     Saka Saadu     Aliyu Muyideen     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Usman Rifun     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Sardauna     JUSUN