The llorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, arraigned one Opashola Abdullahi, a lecturer of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa.
He was arraigned on one count charge bordering on romance scam before Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court, lorin.
Opashola was among the 32 internet fraud suspects arrested in Offa on September 14, 2020. His offence contravenes Section 95 of the Penal Code and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.
Following his plea, the EFCC counsel, Andrew Akoja, led an operative of the agency, Paul Kera, in evidence to review the facts of the case.
The EFCC tendered Opashola’s statements, two computer attestation forms, an Infinix phone recovered from him as well as the alleged fraudulent messages printed out of his email.
Akoja urged the court to convict the defendant based on his plea and evidence placed before it, but Justice Akinpelu adjourned till February 23, 2021, for judgment and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the EFCC custody.
