Tailor, 22, Bags 12 Months Jail For Internet Dating Scam

By Babatunde Solanke

A 22-year-old tailor, named Kabiru Okeshola ,has been sentenced to 12 months jail term by an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday for presenting himself as a white woman and engaging in internet dating scam.

The presided over by Justice Rahman Oshodi ordered that  Okeshola should spend prison term at the Correctional Service Centre, Ikoyi, following the convict’s admission to the charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to Oshodi, he was satisfied that the confessional statement of the defendant established that he was engaged in fraudulent activities.

“Contrary to Section 320 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015, I have convicted you of possessing fraudulent documents through which you have benefitted 3,000 USD.

“You used the money to pay the hospital bill of your father, who is now late.

“You said you are now a tailor and have turned a new leaf and I believe you.

“You are hereby sentenced to one-year imprisonment or pay a fine of N100,000,” the judge said.

Justice Oshodi also ordered that the convict’s iPhone 13 Pro and the N300,000 bail, which he restituted to the EFCC, be forfeited to the federal government of Nigeria.

Oshodi also ordered that the convict be handed over to the officers of the correctional service, pending payment of the fine.