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From Sola Ojo, Abuja
Justice A. Isyaka of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced the quartet of Promise Usman, Daniel Chinedu, Fahad Yusuf Badamasi, and Emmanuel Chidera Udochukwu to prison for fraud.
They were taken to court by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on separate one-count charges that bordered on impersonation, cheating, and obtaining by false pretence.
The charge against Usman reads: “That you, Promise Usman (a.k.a. Maryam Muhammed) (m), sometime in 2025 at Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, cheated several unsuspecting victims of the total sum of N450,000 when you pretended to be Maryam Mohammed, an investment broker on ‘Facebook’ (an online social media application), which you knew to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law of 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same law.”
The charge against Chinedu reads: “That you, Daniel Chisom Chinedu (a.k.a. Reese Witherspoon), sometime between April and August 2024 in Kaduna within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did commit an offence, to wit: cheating by impersonation when you falsely represented yourself as Reese Witherspoon and, under such assumed identity, induced one Gene Virmilya to send you the total sum of $500 (Five Hundred United States of America Dollars only) and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 308 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017 and punishable under Section 309 of the same law.”
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They all pleaded “guilty”, following which the prosecution counsel, M.O. Arumemi, asked the court to convict and sentence them accordingly, while the defence counsel pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy, stating that they have become remorseful of their actions.
Justice Isyaka convicted and sentenced Udochukwu and Badamasi to two years’ imprisonment each or to pay a N300,000 fine each. In addition, Udochukwu forfeited his Huawei Y6 Pro 2020 mobile phone, while Badamasi forfeited his iPhone 7 mobiles phone, being the tools of their crime, to the Federal Government.
Usman was convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment or to pay a N200,000 fine. In addition, he forfeited an iPhone 13 128GB to the Federal Government.
Chinedu was convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment or to pay a N150,000 fine. In addition, he forfeited his iPhone 16 Pro, iPad Pro, and the sum of $500, being the tools and proceeds of his crime, respectively, to the Federal Government.
