The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has succeded in the conviction and sentencing of the Director of Logistics of the National Association of Nigerian Students Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Chapter, Adeyemi Israel Abiodun, to one-year imprisonment for internet-related fraud.
The NANS leader is among 40 persons convicted on separate one-count before four judges of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan.
The Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent on Wednesday explained that the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC prosecuted the cases.
The anti-corruption agency, said their offence is bordered on impersonation, obtaining money under false pretence, obtaining property by false pretence and forgery contrary to Sections 419, 467, 484, 516 and 508 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
Abiodun was arraigned before Justice Iyabo Yerima while thirty-nine others were prosecuted before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Akintola Ladiran and Olusola Adetujoye between August 15, 2022, and August 23, 2022.
Furthermore, the court ordered Abiodun to pay the sum of $1,000USD (one thousand United States dollars) in restitution and forfeit a white Mercedes Benz CLA-250 with a customized NANS plate number worth a million, a gold neck chain and one ice neck chain worth N3.6million, bitcoin worth $58, 854.88USD, one Apple MacBook Pro 2020 Model and an iPhone 12 Pro Max to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Other convicts were ordered to restitute their victims and forfeit all items recovered from them.
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