Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has convicted and sentenced Olukoya Adeyemi to two years’ imprisonment for Customs employment scam.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) stated this in a statement on Wednesday by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren.
The anti-graft agency said the convict had swindled his victims out of N2m under the pretext of securing jobs for them with the Nigeria Customs Service.
Olukoya was convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment on an amended two-count charge that bordered on employment scam.
The convict had swindled his victims of N2 million under the pretext of securing jobs for them with the Nigeria Customs Service.
One of the counts reads: “That you, Olukoya Emmanuel Adeyemi ‘M’ on or about the 26th day of April 2019 in Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of Seventy-seven Thousand Naira (N77, 000.00) from one Ajiboye Hamed through your Access Bank Account No. 0728344783, under the false pretence that you have given him employment with the Nigeria Customs and that the payment is for the Custom job replacement and training kit, a pretext which you knew to be false and you deceitfully made it, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable by Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”
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Upon his arraignment, he pleaded “guilty” to the charges filed against him by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Subsequently, the prosecution counsel, Chidi Okoli prayed to the court to convict and sentence the defendant as charged.
Justice Agomoh, thereafter convicted and sentenced Olukoya to two years imprisonment and ordered that restitution be made to the victims.
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