Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Sends Internet Fraudster to Jail in Ilorin

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, March 25, 2024 convicted and sentenced Usman Harun to six months imprisonment for internet fraud. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge bordering on obtaining under false pretences. The charge reads: “That you, Usman Harun sometime in February 2024 in Malete, Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did knowingly had under your control the sum of fifteen thousand naira (N15,000) in your account number 000380275 domiciled in Jaiz Bank Plc, which you knew to be un…