An internet fraudster, Adeleke Oluwaseyi has been sentenced to six months imprisonment after being found guilty of impersonation in a one-count charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Adeleke, 21, who claimed to be eight months into online dating apprenticeship when arrested in June, operated with the name Patrick Bob, claiming to be an American citizen.
He was sentenced by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan judicial division.
Adeleke was initially arraigned on a four-count charge before the counts were reduced to one after entering into a plea bargain with the EFCC.
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The one- count charge, to which he pleaded guilty, violates section 22(3) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act, 2015.
Owing to his plea of guilty, counsel to the EFCC, Ifeanyi Agwu had prayed the court to sentence him in accordance with the content of the plea bargain arrangement.
Besides the jail term, the convict was also ordered to restitute $150,000 to his victim through the Federal Government of Nigeria.
He will equally forfeit his Samsung J3, Infinix and Kigtel phones as well as his Lenovo laptop to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
