COURT JAILS UNIZIK ENGINEERING STUDENT FOR IMPERSONATING CUSTOMS BOSS

SOURCE: PUNCH

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, Gudu, Abuja, has sentenced a
24-year-old student of Industrial Engineering of the Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Awka, Anambra State, Bello Onimisi, to three months
imprisonment.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said
in an electronic mail on Wednesday that the court, presided over by
Justice Adebunkola Banjoko, found Onimisi guilty on two counts of
conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence.
Onimisi, an indigene of Igarra, in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of
Edo State was said to have impersonated the Comptroller General of
Customs, Alhaji Dikko Abdulahi, using his telephone line to demand
money from unsuspecting members of the public.
Uwujaren added that the judge also imposed a fine of N50,000 on the convict.
He explained that the suspect was arrested in Awka and was first
arraigned on October 23, 2013 on four counts .
Uwujaren said, "His arrest followed complaints by the customs boss
that a syndicate of fraudsters were using his telephone numbers to
extort money from the members of the public.
"The convict was first arraigned on October 23, 2012, on four counts
shortly after he was arrested in Akwa, Anambra State, on the heels of
a petition from the office of the Comptroller General of Custom,
Alhaji Dikko, who alleged that a syndicate of fraudsters had been
using his telephone number and demanding payment of money into several
bank accounts."
He said Onimisi, who initially pleaded not guilty to the charges,
changed his plea and was consequently convicted and sentenced on
January 22, 2014.

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