JUST IN: Kwara court jails lecturer, twin brothers for internet fraud

A Kwara court sitting in Ilorin Kwara as jailed a lecturer at the State College of Health Technology Offa, Abdullahi Opashola and twin, Taiye and Kehinde Adebayo for internet fraud.

Opashola bagged four-month imprisonment while the duo of Taiye and Kehinde got six months in prison.

Moreso, the Ilorin chapter financial Crime Commission the Economic and Financial Crime commission arraigned the three to court separate charges.

Opashola was arraigned on one count charge and Taiye and Kehinde on seven-count charge each.

“That you, Opashola Abdullahi, (alias Devin Snow), sometime in the month of August 2020 in Ilorin, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did attempt to cheat by personation, by portraying yourself as a female named Devine Snow via your email address devinesnow677@gmail.com to one Eugene Myvett in order to induce him to send you $200 USD, a representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 95 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 324 of the same law,” count charge against Opashola read.

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“That you, Taiye Adebayo, sometime in January 2020, at Ilorin, within the judicial division of the Kwara State High Court, did cheat one Gary Brenton who you met on TWOO dating site of the sum of $490 (Four Hundred and Ninety Dollars) received vide gift cards when you pretended to be female and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 320 of the penal code and punishable under Section 322 of the same Penal Code,” count charge against Taiye reads

“That you, Kehinde Adebayo, sometime in January 2020 at Ilorin, within the judicial division of the Kwara State High Court, did cheat one Gary Brenton,” count charge against Kehinde reads:

Although was given a option of a fine of N150,000,  Opashola was found guilty and sentenced to four-month imprisonment.