Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin today (Wednesday, 27 July 2022) convicted a 23-year-old student of Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Niger State for offences bordering on cheating by personation.
Mohammed Bello, who claimed to hail from Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, allegedly posed as a white female with the intent to defraud unsuspecting victims.
The defendant was prosecuted on a two-count charge by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
On 22 April 2022, the EFCC, while acting on credible intelligence, arrested Bello alongside other suspected fraudsters at Agric Estate, Sango area of Ilorin, Kwara State.
The defendant did not only admit to committing the crime but pleaded guilty to the charge upon arraignment.