The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),
Ilorin zonal office in Kwara State on Thursday secured the conviction and
imprisonment of a 35-year-old Stephen Olarewaju Odanye for six months before a
state High Court in Ilorin.
Odanye had last Wednesday pleaded guilty to the
one-count charge preferred against him by the EFCC.
The Charge read: "That you, Stephen Olarewaju
Odanye (also knows as Raymond Sullivan), sometime in September 2019 or
thereabout in Ilorin, Kwara State,
within the jurisdiction of this court attempted to commit an offence of
cheating by pretending and presenting yourself as one Lynn Smith (a Whiteman),
a supplier of engineering and construction equipment, who lives in Washington,
United States, as it is contained in your email account- raysulivan@yahoo.com,-and
thereby committed an offence contrary to section 95 and 321 of the penal code
law and punishable under section 322 of the same act."
Giving his judgment yesterday, Justice Abdulgafar
said: "The defendant was arraigned on a one-count charge of attempting to
commit an offence of cheating by pretending and representing one Lynn Smith, an
offence contrary to section 95 of the penal code law.
"The prosecution called one witness, Olamide
Sadiq, an operative of the EFCC, who narrated to this court of how the
defendant was arrested and items recovered from his laptop computer."
The judge said the prosecution was able to prove
its case beyond reasonable doubt as the evidence of the sole witness was not
challenged.
He added: "I found you Stephen Olarewaju Odanye
guilty of one-count charge of attempting to cheat by impersonation, and hereby
sentenced you to a six-month imprisonment.
Justice Abdulgafar further directed that the convict's laptop
and mobile phones be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
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