A Kwara State High Court on Monday convicted an undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Ridwan Akinsanya, over a romance scam.

The 400-level student was sentenced to three months of community service by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye.

Akinsanya, according to a statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Dele Oyewale, was arraigned on one count bordering on Internet fraud.

He pleaded guilty to the charge.

The charge read, “That you, Akinsanya Ridwan (a.k.a Alex James) sometime in March 2020 or thereabout at Ilorin, Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, attempted to commit an offence of cheating by impersonation by pretending and representing yourself to be a white man called Alex James to an unsuspecting white woman, Stewart Sonia, on a dating site, called Hangout, as it is contained in your Gmail account: alexjames789123@gmail.com, thereby committing an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 95 of the Penal Code Laws of Northern Nigeria.”

According to Oyewale, the convict was arrested on March 16, 2020, around the Pipeline area of Princess Hotel, Kwara State, based on intelligence.

An Assistant Detective Superintendent with the EFCC, Mahmoud Hamman, told the court that a search was conducted at Akinsanya’s house and one Samsung Galaxy phone and a laptop were recovered.

He added that when the exhibits were analysed, an email with several fraudulent messages, was discovered and printed in the convict’s presence.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Oyinloye convicted and sentenced Akinsanya to three months’ of community service and a fine of N50,000.

He ordered the convict to clear the drainage at Bekind Filing Station near Tipper Garage, Tanke, up to the gate of the University of Ilorin for three months commencing from September 2, 2020.

He added that the convict should get a notice of clearance from the registrar of the University of Ilorin and the Kwara State command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, noting that failure to do so would attract six months’ imprisonment.

Source: https://punchng.com/unilorin-undergraduate-to-clear-drainage-over-romance-scam/

Serves him right

Giving them punishment like this will keep on encouraging others in scam, since the punishment is not heavy. Say no to scam.

This punishment is better than jail terms that serve no useful purpose to anyone

Allow the boy to hustle for the bag jhoor

Lazy yoots

This is lovely... but the punishment should be more severe than this....

Afonjaitus melitus!!!
Brown roofians, na dia work

We are seeing it.

I believe the jail term or community service is really not the problem, this guy face has been shown throughout the world, meaning no sane person wants to put his/her money on this man palm anymore. That is why internet fraud is a bad way to go. In fact if you dey sell igbó ẹ better pass make you dey scam another person of their sweat. Peace


Drabeey was Here

GBAMSOLUTELY!!


E go sweep and clear gutter, him head go clear.

Say no to crime!!

The rate of yahoo yahoo activities among our youths is just out of hand to me.
Nigeria government at all levels, kings and queens, muslim and christian leaders must join hand together to fight this menace before it consume us.
Come and see my street and see how small small boys who supposed to be in SS3 discussing about yahoo yahoo.

A stiffer penalty should have been served him to deter others.

ODJ124:

This is lovely... but the punishment should be more severe than this....

Nope very fair judgement...If those who steal billions could walk freely or spend just little time behind bar...If tge so called reformed bokoharam guys....Niger delta militants could get amnesty and monthly stipends from government, then I believe this is only being fair.

Lol. The guy don enter am. He go pay money tired before he can get clearance from those two guys that will clear him

What a mild sentencing

Community Service.

Not bad if u ask me, even Alex James will be happy with the judgement

Being a yahoo boy is not about if brain is needed to do fraud but why channel such brain to defrauding people?
Why don't they use the so called brain to do one of the thousands of online works that abound?
Fraud is fraud, whether with brain or not...... Cc izombi

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Pollosa1:
well deserved. Might get a stiffer punishment next time so you better abandon crime if you're reading this

Abandonment ni

ASUU see wetin una cause. Why won't he choose scam when the country has failed him

Wire Wire. O fẹ shashẹ O fẹ gba dollar
Waiting for when they will do the same for TerryWaya and his Empty-headed Fụckboy Son, Kiddawaya

Spits!
Afonja wey still dey learn work. They're not smart.
If it were to be an ipig or Almajiri, I know he for don find escape.

Almajiri kwenu!

what about magu. when will his trial start? what of farouk lawan? when will he be indicted and tried?

Instead of employing people to sweep high way, sentence 1000 yahoo boys to do the job six months, before one batch finish, other batch will be ready.

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Too bad

I don't support crime but the govt is not doing well, if u create Jobs then sentencing offenders will be more sexy