EFCC Operatives
Fraudsters Bag
EFCC Operatives
Fraudsters Bag Prison Terms for Obstruction of Justice,
Currency Faking
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Makurdi,
Benue State on Friday, November 22, 2019 sentenced one Ajene Mathew
Adikwu, 22 to one year imprisonment with a N100,000 (One Hundred
Thousand Naira) option of fine for obstruction of cyber crime
inquiry against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, contrary to Section 46 (a) and (b) of the Cyber
crime (Prohibition) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 46 (b) of
the same Act.
Upon his arrest by the Makurdi Zonal Office of the EFCC on
suspicion of cyber crimes, several national identity cards were
found on him, which he refused to disclose to the Commission how he
acquired them and for what purpose.
He pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of obstruction of cyber
crime inquiry the Commission pressed against him, following which
prosecuting counsel, G. G. Chia-Yakua, urged the court to convict
and sentence him in accordance to a plea bargain agreement he
reached with the prosecution.
Similarly, the Makurdi Zonal Office of the Commission in same
court, same day, also secured the conviction of one Moses Adukwu,
who bagged six months imprisonment with N50,000 (Fifty Thousand
Naira) option of fine for possessing and selling counterfeit
currencies.
The convict was prosecuted on a one-count charge of possessing
counterfeit bank notes, against Section 5(1)(b) of the Counterfeit
Currency (Special Provision) Act, and punishable under Section 5(1)
of the same Act.
He pleaded guilty to the charge, prompting prosecuting counsel,
G. G. Chia-Yakua, to pray the court to convict and sentence him,
having reached a plea bargain with the prosecution.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity