The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Friday sentenced 21-year-old Paul Adesanya to 21 years imprisonment for defrauding an American-based woman, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Akinwole, of the sum of N36.7m.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which prosecuted Adesanya, also told Justice Mojisola Dada that Adesanya posted Akinwole’s nude pictures on the social media, and thereafter reported that she committed suicide by jumping over the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos in 2017.
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The prosecuting counsel, Samuel Daji, said Adesanya acted contrary to sections 1(1) and 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud Act; as well as sections 278 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.
In her judgment, Justice Dada convicted Adesanya of the three counts preferred against him by the EFCC.
She said she was satisfied that the prosecution proved the charges beyond reasonable doubts and subsequently sentenced the convict to 14 years imprisonment on counts one and two, from the date of arraignment adding “these sentences are to run concurrently.”
On count three, which is stealing, the judge sentenced Adesanya to seven years in prison.
