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Fake American Military Officer Jailed for Cybercrime in Ilorin
Muhammed Sani, a judge of the Federal High Court, convicted and sentenced Adeolu Tosin Adesanya, a 300-level Student of Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State, to one-year imprisonment for disguising as an American military officer to defraud some persons on Friday.
Sani sentenced Adesanya and one Usman Abubakar from Ofu Local Government Area, Kogi State.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, had arraigned Adesanya and Abubakar on separate charges bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities.
According to the EFCC’s statement, Adesanya and Abubakar pleaded guilty to all charges read to them.
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Innocent Mbachie and Sesan Ola, prosecutors on behalf of the EFCC, reviewed the facts of the cases and tendered the extra-judicial statements of the defendants, phones, drafts they brought as restitution to their victims and fraudulent messages printed from their devices, and they were admitted in evidence. They prosecutors urged the court to convict the defendants in line with their pleas.
Justice Sani said that from the totality of evidence brought forward, the court was convinced that the EFCC proved its cases beyond reasonable doubt.
Sani sentenced Adesanya to one-year imprisonment with an option of N400,000 fine. The court also ordered that the iPhone 12 Pro Max he used to perpetrate internet fraud and the N800,000 he raised as restitution to his victims, be forfeited to the Federal Government.
The judge also imposed a jail term of three years on Abubakar with the option N479,290 fine. Sani ordered Abubakar to forfeit his iPhone X and Samsung s8 which he used to perpetrate the crime and also restitute N279,290 to his victim.
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Court fixes May 9 for Agunloye’s ₦1bn suit against EFCC
Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after EFCC’s lawyer, Abba Mohammed, sought an adjournment to enable him to regularise his processes before the court.
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2 top bandit kingpins, 12 others killed in supremacy battle
2 top bandit kingpins, 12 others killed in supremacy battle
Two prominent bandit kingpins, Kachala Gwande and Kachallah Madagwal as well as 12 other fighters have been killed after a confrontation erupted at Kaurar Zomo village in the Kunchin Kalgo district of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State.
The deadly fight involved three rival bandit groups operating in the area.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, that Alhaji Tsauni’s group, Kachallah Jafaru’s group, and Kachallah Gwandu’s group, clashed in a fierce gun battle, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at approximately 15:45 hours, resulting in the reported deaths of over 10 bandits from the three factions.
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Jafaru, a notorious bandit kingpin known to operate from Faskari LGA in Katsina state, descended upon Kaurar Zomo village, which serves as Tsauni’s stronghold, under undisclosed circumstances that led to the violent confrontation.
Jafaru’s fighters were said to have overpowered and naturalised Gwande and his fighters.
The fight, however, escalated to other enclaves shortly after the news of Gwande’s death broke, resulting in another heavy gun battle with Kachallah Madagwal’s group, who was neutralised in the aftermath of the shootout.
Zagazola understands that several bandits who sustained severe gunshot wounds were promptly evacuated to Munhaye Health Facility for urgent medical attention.
2 top bandit kingpins, 12 others killed in supremacy battle
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Troops rescue another Chibok girl with three children in Borno
Troops rescue another Chibok girl with three children in Borno
Lydia Simon, another abducted Chibok schoolgirl, was rescued by troops from Operation Desert Sanity III, part of the North-East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), on Wednesday.
She was rescued along with her three children by the troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion in Gwoza LGA of Borno State on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, exactly ten years after she was kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists alongside over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014.
Intelligence sources, according to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, revealed that Lydia, who was tagged serial number 68 among the abducted schoolgirls, escaped from the camp of Ali Ngulde in Mandara Mountain where she was held in captivity for several years.
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She surrendered to troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion at Ngoshe in Gwoza LGA of the State. The rescued Chibok girl was five months pregnant and claimed she was from Pemi Town in Chibok LGA.
April 14, 2024, marks the 10th anniversary of the violent abduction of 276 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents.
While 57 of the girls escaped from their captors in the following days, 16 were later rescued and 107 had at different times been released through negotiations.
The Federal and Borno State Governments, including the Nigerian Army, have pledged their commitment toward rescuing the rest of the abducted schoolgirls that were still held in captivity by the terrorists.
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