A-22-year-old student of University of Ilorin, from the department of Chemistry, identified as Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi, has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment for defrauding fellow student by the Kwara State High Court for defrauding three fellow students who were seeking accommodation.

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC), Ilorin Zone Zonal office convicted Ajayi Joshua, on three count-charge.

One of the count-charge reads: “That you, Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobiloba, in the month of November 2019, in Ilorin, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, did cheat by deceiving one Anjorin Oluwabukolami Eniola, a University of Ilorin student when you fraudulently induced her to pay N45,000.00 (Forty-five Thousand Naira) into the GTbank account 045262140 of one Hassan Adefemi Daniel for hostel accommodation, a representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 322 of the same Law".

Having found guilty of the three count-charge, the presiding Judge, justice Oyinloye sentence the convict(Joshua) to three month jail for each count-charge, which will run concurrently.

In addition, Justice Oyinloye ordered him to pay the sum N105,000 (One Hundred and Five Thousand Naira) fine so as to serve as deterrent to others, nursing such a crime.

He said: “This honourable court is of the view that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, the court hereby finds you, Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi guilty of Count 1, 2 and 3. You are hereby convicted for the offence.”

Ajayi Joshua was said to have ran into trouble when the University of Ilorin reported a case of defrauding three accommodation-seeking students to the EFCC.

Source: https://insidenaija.com.ng/2020/07/01/unilorin-student-bags-jail-term-for-defrauding-fellow-students/

Afonja at it again.

Wow, Praise God. I love this

Bad guy!!! Smart guy!!! Now you don popular...

Haaaaa!

This is good news.
Our legal system should implement stringent rules against fraud and theft. This will help to curb the alarming rate of 419 in Nigeria.

I can only imagine three months in a Nigerian cell. That's hell.