Graduate jailed for impersonation, internet romance scam
AN Ikeja Special Offences Court, yesterday, sentenced a graduate, Pul Dogun, to two years in prison for impersonating a US military officer and engaging in internet love scam. Justice Ramon Oshodi sentenced Dogun to two years at the Kirikiri prison, following his plea bargain to an amended charge of impersonation. Justice Oshodi said: “I have listened to you and your lawyer’s allocutus but I do not agree that your guilty please is timing. “The only reason I am inclined to grant non-custodial is because I can see you are remorseful. I hereby sentence you to two years imprisonment.” Oshodi ordered that the convict should serve out his jail term or pay a fine of N3 million. The judge also held that the laptop of the convict and his three other phones, which were retrieved from him during trial, be forfeited to the Federal Government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had earlier arraigned Dogun sometimes in 2022 on a two-count charge of possession of fraudulent docu...