The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, secured the conviction of one Ahmed Abubakar before Justice M.A. Madugu of the FCT High Court, Bwari, Abuja on one count charge bordering on cheating by personation.”
The charge reads, ‘that you, Ahmed Abubakar sometime in 2022 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of the Honorable Court cheated one Mary Kae, an American citizen of the sum of $1000 (One Thousand United States Dollars) only, by pretending to be Andrew Clinton, a moderator, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 and punishable under Section 322 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of the Federation, 2004”.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge, prompting the prosecuting counsel to ask the court to convict him accordingly.
Consequently, Justice Madugu convicted and sentenced him to one year imprisonment without option of fine. He is also to forfeit the sum of N250, 000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) and an iPhone 13 mobile phone to he Federal Government.