Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Lagos State, has convicted and sentenced a tailoring apprentice, Osahon Osamudiamen Frank, to 12 months’ imprisonment for web fraud to the tune of N450,000.
Justice Aneke delivered the judgment after the convict pleaded responsible to a two-count cost of false illustration and acquiring the mentioned sum from one Shu Qitang (Tan) underneath the false pretext of delivery a field from Canada.
The convicted tailoring apprentice turned web fraudster was arraigned earlier than the court docket by Mr. Morufu Animashaun, a authorized officer on the Pressure Legal Investigation Division (Pressure CID) Annex, Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos.
The costs towards the convict learn: “That you simply, Osahon Osamudiamen Frank ‘M’, between the months of June and September 2025, at Eko Resort, Victoria Island, Lagos, within the Lagos Judicial Division, falsely represented your self to be one Linda Patrick (a Canadian girl) with the intention of defrauding folks and thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 484 of the Legal Code Act, Cap C38, Legal guidelines of the Federation, 2004.
“That you simply, Osahon Osamudiamen Frank ‘M’, between the months of August and September 2025, at Eko Resort, Victoria Island, Lagos, fraudulently obtained the sum of N450,000 from one Shu Qitang (Tan) on the misrepresentation that you simply have been delivery a field from Canada to be delivered to him in Nigeria, understanding identical to be false and thereby dedicated an offence opposite to Part 1(1)(a) of the Advance Price Fraud and Different Associated Offences Act 2006.”
Upon the studying of the fees, the convict, who instructed the court docket he didn’t want any lawyer to defend him, admitted committing the offences and pleaded responsible.
Primarily based on his plea, the prosecutor, Animashaun, reviewed the info of the case and tendered all documentary displays, together with the convict’s confessional assertion.
After the overview, the convict pleaded for leniency and urged the court docket to be merciful.
In his judgment, Justice Aneke sentenced the convict to 12 months’ imprisonment with a further 100 hours of neighborhood service.
The decide additional ordered the convict to pay the sum of N450,000 into the Consolidated Income Account of the Federal Authorities as a tremendous possibility in lieu of the jail time period.
