The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Monday June 3, arraigned two persons for allegedly defrauding one Akinbuluma Mobolade Dele, a lecturer and doctoral student in the Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan.

The suspects – Augustine Ekeson and Obinna Ureahl – were brought before Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Division on a three-count charge bordering on impersonation and obtaining money under false pretence.

In a petition to the Commission, dated February 17, 2016, Akinbuluma detailed how the duo allegedly conspired together to defraud him of a sum of Eight Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand, Four Hundred and Ninety Naira (N875,490) in December 2015.

The sum was the naira equivalent of Four Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty-Nine United States Dollars (US$4,169) payable for consumables needed in a six-month bench space research he was to undertake at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, Kenya as part of his doctoral programme.

Akinbuluma, who got a grant from the premier university for the research work, said he had been in constant communication with the leadership of the Kenyan centre before the accused hacked into his email account and took advantage of the strain to dupe him.

After hijacking the account, the accused presented themselves as Prof Baldwyn Tonto, Akinbuluma’s supposed supervisor at the centre, and demanded that he paid the naira equivalent of the due sum to a colleague’s Nigerian bank account for transmission to the centre’s account in Kenya.

The offence, according to the charge sheet, was contrary to Section 1 (1)(b), section 6 and 8 (b) of the Advanced Fee Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and Section 22 (4)(a) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015.

When the charges were read to them, the accused persons pleaded not guilty.


Source: https://ngg.ng/2019/06/03/efcc-arraigns-two-suspects-for-fraud/

Awon eleyi ti gba owo osu
Know if u know!

Nigeria would be a better place if the greedy politicians are pulled in as frequently as these petty thieves and prosecuted as seriously. The law is an ass. Very few politicians who looted and dusted our treasury are being held. They relinquish millions of dollars in underhand deals to buy freedom. For now, all u need to do is to loot maximally so u can use some to negotiate your freedom. It's as bad as that!

Good.
I see good handwriting on the boards
I am out now

Okay

See what buhari has pushed these boys into.

Na dem

Must they publish all there arrest cases? I think they are not doing more than that nonsense.

Ogun kill the writer of that board ... see good handwriting

OfficialSam:
Na dem

say no to tribalism

ipodo yweets and development

Wow ifeanyi can't believe this guy can go into internet scam... It's a pity the economic situation of the country is pushing a lot of youths into crime.

Good development.

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TEQ365VENTURES:
Wow ifeanyi can't believe this guy can go into internet scam... It's a pity the economic situation of the country is pushing a lot of youths into crime.

.Forget it.In this same situation, some pipu are making it without adding crime/scam to it.Nor be their mate dey run up/down dey sell pepsi plus gala in traffic?Nor be their mate dey do car wash so.Fl@theadPigs and CRIME are ONE

tydi:
Sew what buhari has pushed these boys into.

So before buhari there was no crime...

It is high time you guys stopped behaving like a lunatics...

GeneralPula:
The suspects – Augustine Ekeson and Obinna Ureahl




Yeeebos & criminality sha. Now I see why they don’t want state/local police..

.If dey reject state police then we'll give dem Pythons..They like koboko

But can we still find trushworthy citizens in Nigeria? nor juss come and tell me baba buhari..if we nor make money wetin we gain?...

Seetto:

So before buhari there was no crime...

It is high time you guys stopped behaving like a lunatics...

Tell me what has been working since he came to power?

chukwuibuipob:
.If dey reject state police then we'll give dem Pythons..They like koboko

Yankiss:
Nigeria would be a better place if the greedy politicians are pulled in as frequently as these petty thieves and prosecuted as seriously. The law is an ass. Very few politicians who looted and dusted our treasury are being held. They relinquish millions of dollars in underhand deals to buy freedom. For now, all u need to do is to loot maximally so u can use some to negotiate your freedom. It's as bad as that!

You're talking nonsense. Repent lest you perish.

G boys

Stanchem029:


You're talking nonsense. Repent lest you perish.

you sure you understood my comment?