METROFBI suspect, Oyediran bags one year jail term



The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal office, Thursday secured the conviction of Joseph Oyediran, one of the suspects indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI,in the United states of America.

Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of a Kwara State High court sitting in Ilorin, convicted and sentenced Oyediran to one year jail term, relying on all the documents tendered and evidence presented by the commission
The anti-graft agency had earlier arraigned the convict on five count charge pleading not guilty, but later approached the commission for a plea bargain agreement.

Following the plea bargain agreement, the prosecution amended the charges.

Count one read; “That you Joseph Oyediran (alias Joe MG Graves) between April 2015 to June 2015, in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of this honorable court,did cheat by impersonation when you pretended to be one Joe MG, a white male with gmail account gravesmjoe@gmail.com, and fraudulently deceived one Andrea Smith,an American citizen to send N2,392,105, after you made her believe you were in love with her and you hereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal code law and punishable under Section 324 of the same penal code.”

this is very bad precedence

Imagine from five counts to one count then to just one year shior