Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of Edo State High Court Benin City, on Tuesday October 10, 2023 convicted and sentenced an impersonator, Endurance Agbi and 10 other fraudsters to various jail terms.
The other convicts are Sylvester Osatofoh Ebhoaiye, Edafe Promise, Christian Skinn, Ariomoghwa Lucky, Ogbebor Pricewill, Irikefe Prosper, Odiri Ejiro, Eyengho Richard, Apoi Ufouma and Enabor…
The charge against Agbi reads: “that you Endurance Agbi sometime between 21st December 2020 and 8th January 2021 in Benin City, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did with intent to defraud represented yourself to be DR ODIDI, a herbal medical practitioner and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 48 Laws of Bendel State of Nigeria 1976.
Upon arraignment, the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges, prompting prosecution counsels to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, counsel to the defendants prayed the court to temper justice with mercy “as the defendants have become remorseful for their actions.”
The judge ordered the forfeiture of two Toyota Venza, One Mercedes Benz GLK, One Lexus NX200, Honda accord 2013 model mobile phones and balances in the convicts’ bank accounts, being proceeds of crime, be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Agbi was arrested through a collaboration between the EFCC and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, following a suspicious transaction report of $12,800 on his account. He confessed that he was an internet fraudster and that he impersonated the identity of Dr. Odidi, a traditional medical practitioner and through that defrauded his unsuspecting foreign victims.
The other convicts are Sylvester Osatofoh Ebhoaiye, Edafe Promise, Christian Skinn, Ariomoghwa Lucky, Ogbebor Pricewill, Irikefe Prosper, Odiri Ejiro, Eyengho Richard, Apoi Ufouma and Enabor…
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