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Fake Senator Jailed For Defrauding Foreigner Of 47,000 Euros
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Gwagwalada, has sentenced a fake senator, Tom Makwe, to two years imprisonment for swindling a Spanish of 47, 082 Euros.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), had arraigned the convict on two counts of intent to defraud over the internet.
He pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency.
Delivering judgment, Justice Aliyu Shafa, also gave him an option of a fine of N5 million.
Shafa ordered that the N30 million, and 1,300 dollars recovered from the convict be forfeited to the victim, Maria Del Rosario san Jose Garces through the Spanish embassy in Nigeria and evidence of forfeiture be filed through the registrar of the court within two weeks.
He said that the items recovered from the convict which includes; one black Camry 2017 model car, Samsung S 23, Apple iPhone 13 cellphone and HP EliteBook be forfeited to the government and the proceeds of sale be remitted to the victim through the Spanish embassy in Nigeria.
Earlier, the convict in his plea for mercy told the court that he was sincerely sorry for his misconduct and bad character.
“I am a changed person and plead with the court to tamper justice with mercy. I will never have anything to do with internet fraud again,” he pleaded.
The Defence Counsel, Adaji Abel in support of the allocutus by the convict pleaded with the court to tamper justice with mercy.
Abel said that the convict was a first-time offender, had co-operated with the EFCC’s investigation, made restitution and had provided useful information to the investigator to arrest other criminal fraudsters.
The Prosecution Counsel, Deborah Adamu-Eteh, told the court that the convict between Dec. 12, 2021, and Nov. 12, 2022, with intent to defraud over the internet pretended to be Fahad Tonny Makwe, Bryan and Senator Tompolo.
Adamu-Eteh said that the convict claimed to be a white man Diplomatic Solicitor with phone number +34613208672.
She said that the convict in that assumed character obtained the sum of 47,082 Euros from one Maria Del Rosario san Jose Garces, a citizen of Spain through a Bitcoin wallet address which the convict created.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 321 of the Penal Code and was punishable under Section 324 of the same Act.
The prosecutor had earlier told the court that the convict had restituted N30 million, 1,300 dollars, one black Camry 2017 model car, Samsung S 23, Apple iPhone 13 and HP EliteBook.
She prayed the court that the money and instrument recovered from the convict be forfeited to the Federal Government through the EFCC.
(NAN)
By Mario Deepromoter
Jigawa Police command has confirmed the death of 95 people and 50 got diffident degrees of injuries in Majiya village of Taura local government area in Jigawa.
Confirming that accident, the Jigawa state command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawal Shiisu Adams, said, “Today (Wednesday) a Petro Tanker from Porthacourt going to Nguru in Yobe state reached Majiya village of Taura local government area at around 12:30 am the driver lost control at Majiya and it falls”.
The PPRO added; “The content in the Tanker floors and flooded gutters and drainages in the village. Seen that the villagers started fetching the fuel where the petrol going into flame”.
DSP Shiisu disclosed, “As a result, 95 people confirmed died, and 50 have been hospitalised receiving treatment”.
He, therefore, advised the people to distance themselves from a situation of that nature.
Source: ibomfocus
Kwara State Police Command has dismissed three policemen for alleged murder of a student.
The deceased, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, a student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, was on September 4, this year shot dead by trigger-happy policemen at Fate, Ilorin.
In a statement, the command’s spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi said after an investigation and an internal disciplinary trial, the three officers –AP/No 233828 INSPR. Abiodun Kayode, AP/No 287410 INSPR. James Emmanuel, and F/No 497868 SGT. Oni Philip – were found guilty of offences ranging from leaving beat, corrupt practices to unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority.
“Consequently, they have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force, with effect from 4th October, 2024,’’ he added.
They would be arraigned in court soon, he said.
By Francesca Hangeior
A 45-year-old man, simply identified as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun States.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday around 11 am.
Before the incident, Kazeem was said to have taken a hard drug suspected to be Colorado.
The deceased, who soon started to act under the influence of the drug, reportedly ran uncontrollably and jumped into the river.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident in a statement on Sunday, stated that he drowned in the process.
The statement read, “On 11/10/2024 at about 11 am, a complainant reported at Alagbado Division that one Kazeem, ‘M’ aged 45, under the influence of a hard drug suspected to be Colorado, ran uncontrollably and jumped into a river at Odo Tente boundary between Lagos and Ogun State.
Sequel to this, the victim drowned and died.”
Hundeyin further stated that detectives from the Alagbado Division visited the scene and took photographs of the deceased.
The police spokesman added that the father of the deceased, when contacted, directed that the corpse be buried immediately by the riverside according to their tradition.
He, however, noted that the police had commenced an investigation into the incident.
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