Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan Wednesday sentenced two students to 13 months imprisonment over impersonation.
The students, Opeyemi Olasumbo Folarin, a 27-year-old Higher National Diploma student of Ibadan Polytechnic and Ogunseye Ajibola Olamilekan, a student of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, were both arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office.
Folarin and Olamilekan were both found guilty of separate amended lone count charge of impersonation, an offence contrary to section 22(2)(b)(i) and punishable under section 22(2)(b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act.
They both pleaded guilty to the charges and Justice Patricia Ajoku sentenced them to six months and seven months custodial sentence respectively. The judge also ordered that Folarin forfeits his Orange colour Iphone XR to the federal government of Nigeria, while Oguseye was ordered to restitute the sum of $700USD (seven Hundred United States of American Dollars) to his victim as well as forfeit his silver Iphone 6 Phone, one Apple series 6 watch, one Apple MacBook and one PlayStation 4 Game pad, to the federal government of Nigeria.
