Court jails fake EFCC operative one year for defrauding Belgian €45,000

<p>During Wednesday’s hearing, Clinton approached the prosecution for a plea bargain.</p>, <p>Consequently, Justice Dada declared Clinton guilty as charged.</p>, <p>The kidnappers initially targeted her husband, said to be a cattle dealer, but was not at home, hence they abducted the wife but abandoned her four month old child with the elder siblings.</p>, <p>Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Lagos, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced one Ume Ifechukwu Clinton to one-year imprisonment.</p>, <p>Another victim abducted alongside Kehinde Ikeanabi on the same day in the town, Oriyomi Babatunde, said to be a student of Kwara state Polytechnic, Ilorin, was also injured during the abduction and later died in the hospital.</p>, <p>“During the course of his arrest, the fake ID card was recovered from him along with several expensive wristwatches and a bundle of cash totalling about N150,000.</p>, <p>Kehinde Jibril was abducted two days to the Eidel-fitr celebrations at her husband’s residence in Ago-Oja town.</p>, <p>The kidnappers had last Friday directed the family of the deceased nursing mother to bring the ransom for her release to Eiyekonrin town and later to Ogbomoso, but could not be located.</p>, <p>“The defendant presented himself to be a staff of EFCC and introduced her to non-existing cryptocurrency investment while assuring her that she is in safe hands,” Adeosun tells the court.</p>, <p>The judge further ordered the convict to restitute the €45,000 to Mahieu within three months.</p>, <p>According to the EFCC, Clinton was arraigned on Feb. 22 this year on an amended 3-count charge bordering on impersonation and possession of fraudulent documents.</p>, <p>“A police team from the Special Anti-Cultism Unit swung into action and subsequently, the leader of the gang, Qudus, and four other suspects were arrested.”</p>, <p>Narrating how they were arrested, Opalola said the twins and their gang members; one Ojo Ayobami, Ibrahim Qudus, and Ojo Oretu were arrested in Esa Oke, following the killing