COURT JAILS MAN EIGHT YEARS FOR IMPERSONATION IN LAGOS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
Court Jails Man Eight Years for Impersonation in Lagos Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Tobor Efeturi Godspower to eight years imprisonment for impersonation. Godspower was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a two-count charge bordering on fraudulent impersonation and possession of fraudulent documents. One of the counts reads; “That you, Tobor Efeturi Godspower, on or about the 24th day of October, 2024 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, fraudulently impersonated one 'Stephen Townsend', purporting to be a military man stationed in Syria, with intent to gain advantage for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 22(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015. The second count reads: “That you, ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission yesterday arraigned one Jamilu Yunusa before Justice Yahaya Galadanci of the Kano State High Court on a seven count charge of Conspiracy and Obtaining by False Pretense.The accused person alongside two others,Inuwa Abdu and Habibu Inuwa who are still at large allegedly connived and defrauded the complainants to the tune of One Million,five hundred and twenty thousand Naira by claiming that he had a contract with Dantata and Sawoe for the supply of pipes to the company.He convinced his victims by promising to share the contract profit with them.However,investigation by the EFCC revealed that the accused person never had a contract with Dantata and Sawoe.One of the charge read ''that Jamilu Yunusa,Inuwa Abdu {at large} and Habibu Inuwa {at large} sometime last year in Kano within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court conspired among yourselves to do an illegal act to wit: obtaining by false pretense the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Naira only,from Nuhu Abubakar through Skye Bank account belonging to Inuwa Abdu,which was done pursuance to the said agreement and thereby committed an offence contrary to section {8} of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act,006 and punishable under Section 1{3} of the same Act''.After listening to the charge,the accused person pleaded not guilty.Prosecution counsel Douglas Ijah Gift asked the court for a trial date in view of the plea of the accused person.Counsel for the defendant Amina Umar Garba applied orally that the accused person be admitted to bail.The matter has been adjourned till January 5,next year for hearing of bail application.The accused person was remanded in prison custody.One more photo below.
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