Kaduna Courts Jail 13 for Internet Fraud

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By JUMOKE SANNI

The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of 13 internet fraudsters before Justices A. Isiaka, A.A. Bello and M.J Zubairu, respectively of the State High Court, sitting in Kaduna.

The convicts are: Emmanuel Abelo Mike, Joseph David, Obinna Christopher, Godwin Felix, John Opayemi Olusegun, Benjamin Yusuf, Richard Kazzah, Meshack Yohanna, Joseph Philip, Kelly Ebiare, Moses Kizito Kyangma, Danjuma Micah and Jethro Umaru.

They were prosecuted on separate one-count charges, bordering on impersonation, cheating and obtaining by false pretence.

The charge against Olusegun reads: “That you, John Opayemi Olusegun (a.k.a Denzel Washington) sometime in June, 2025 in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did commit an offence to wit: cheating by impersonation when you falsely represented yourself as Denzel Washington and such assumed identity, induced one Jacob Mayers to send to you the total sum of $200 (Two Hundred United States Dollars, only) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law.

The charge against Umaru reads: “That you, Jethro Umaru (a.k.a Thomas Crew), male, sometime in December, 2024, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, impersonated one Thomas Crew when you pretended to be a military officer from United State of America on Facebook and obtained the sum of $521(Five Hundred and Twenty One Dollars) from unsuspecting persons, and you thereby committed Cheating by impersonation, an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Penal Code Law, 2017 of Kaduna State and punishable under Section 309 of the same Law.”