The convicts are Adefemi Dare and Adeyemi Olugbenga, 400-level Mechanical Engineering and Political Science students respectively.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alleged that Mr Dare, some time ago in Ekiti, fraudulently impersonated Brian Watkins of the U.S. with intent to obtain property.
The anti-graft agency said both convicts committed an offence contrary to Section 22 b of the Cyber Crimes, Prohibition, Prevention etc Act, 2015 and punishable under Section b of the same Act. She also ordered that Mr Dare’s iPhone X should be sold and proceeds remitted to the federal government.Justice Maha also ordered the convict to swear to an affidavit to be of good behaviour.
Justice Maha sentenced Mr Olugbenga to three months imprisonment with an option of N250,000 be paid to the federal government.