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Justice Garba Umar
of the Federal High Court, Benin City on Friday ordered that Akhigbe Gabriel,
an SS II student, be remanded in prison custody for alleged impersonation and
internet fraud.
Ganriel was
remanded along with Adesuwa Precious, Ogheneteru Pezu, Kenneth Owa, and Isaac
Nkemdule until the next adjourned date.
They were accused
of defrauding one Joy to the tune of N150, 000, which was allegedly transfered
into a bank account of one of them.
The action was
allegedly committed contrary to Section 15; sub-Section 2 of the Money
Laundering Prohibition Act.
Gabriel, a.k.a.
Matt Chan, who is facing a four-count charge, allegedly impersonated an
American, Matthew Chan and sent male nude pictures to another American Candy
Cerfi, contrary to section 22, 14 sub-Section 2 of the Cyber Crimes Act of
2015.
The judge particularly
berated Gabriel, who pleaded guilty to the charges.
He expressed worry
that the accused would never hold any public office in future “after making
himself a convict,” instead of focusing on his studies and completing his
education.
In another
development, the court also remanded one Blessing Francis in Ikpoba-Okah Local
Government Area of Edo in prison custody until June.
Francis was
allegedly caught with a 9.5kg of cannabis sativa wrapped in a bag in
contravention of Section 19 of the NDLEA Act CAP N30 of 2014.
The two cases were
adjourned to June, when trial are expected to commence.
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