A student, who was involved in internet fraud, Olumide Salary, has been sentenced to three months community service by a High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The 24-year-old undergraduate was dragged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before the court, presided over by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye, on one-count of Internet fraud.
According to the EFCC, Salau (a.k.a Rick Freeman) between November 2017 and August 2018, in Ilorin, Kwara State, attempted to cheat by pretending to be one Rick Freeman, a white Caucasian with an email account, salauolamide@gmail.com.
Delivering the judgement, Oyinloye said he found Salau guilty of the offence and ordered him to sweep the Tanke Road, starting from GTBank Junction to Abule Nla Furniture, University Road, Tanke, Ilorin.
His community service is expected to start from September 7 to December 7, 2020.
Oyinloye said, “This honourable court sentences you, Salau Olumide, to pay a fine of N50,000; he is sentenced to perform community service by clearing and sweeping the road and drainage along the road leading to Tanke from GTB Junction through to the junction close to Abule Nla Furniture.
“The convict is to make himself available to the non-custodial service unit of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Madala, Ilorin, for proper profiling and documentation. Failure to do so will attract six months’ imprisonment.”
The prosecution said the offence was contrary to sections 95 and 321 of the Penal Code Law and punishable under Section 324 of the Penal Code Law.
