On Tuesday, Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of
Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, convicted and sentenced Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi,
19-year-old Chemistry undergraduate of Ilorin University, to nine months in
prison for defrauding three fellow students seeking accommodation.
Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, convicted and sentenced Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi,
19-year-old Chemistry undergraduate of Ilorin University, to nine months in
prison for defrauding three fellow students seeking accommodation.
The convict was brought to trial by
the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
on three count-charges.
the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
on three count-charges.
One of these charges is: “You
cheat by misleading an Anjorin Oluwabukolami Eniola, an Ilorinian student, in
the month of November 2019, in Ilorin under the jurisdiction of this honorable
court, when you fraudulently induced her to pay N45000,00 (45000,00) in the
GTbank accounts 045262140 of one Hassan Adefemi Daniel, for the hostel
accommodation. [Translation]”
cheat by misleading an Anjorin Oluwabukolami Eniola, an Ilorinian student, in
the month of November 2019, in Ilorin under the jurisdiction of this honorable
court, when you fraudulently induced her to pay N45000,00 (45000,00) in the
GTbank accounts 045262140 of one Hassan Adefemi Daniel, for the hostel
accommodation. [Translation]”
Justice Oyinloye found Oluwatobi to
have committed all the three-count charges, and ordered him to pay N105,000 in
addition to serving others as a disincentive for the crime . In addition, he
ordered him to pay the sum N105,000 (100,000 and 5 thousand Naira).
have committed all the three-count charges, and ordered him to pay N105,000 in
addition to serving others as a disincentive for the crime . In addition, he
ordered him to pay the sum N105,000 (100,000 and 5 thousand Naira).
“The court hereby finds you,
Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi, culpable of Count 1 , 2 and 3, considered that the
prosecution has not been able to prove its case without reasonable doubt. In
this connection, you are convicted, “he said. Each count attracts three months
imprisonment, which runs concurrently.
Ajayi Joshua Oluwatobi, culpable of Count 1 , 2 and 3, considered that the
prosecution has not been able to prove its case without reasonable doubt. In
this connection, you are convicted, “he said. Each count attracts three months
imprisonment, which runs concurrently.
