Mother, son and three other perpetrators have been convicted on the 26th of August, 2021 in Kaduna State and sentenced to various jail terms by Justice Hannatu A.L Balogun of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna, after they had pled guilty to separate one count charge that borders on cheating by impersonation, concealment of stolen item, aiding and abetting.
The perpetrators who were convicted are Israel Justin, Lucky Ebhogie, Precious Iwuji, Margaret Sylvester and Richman Kas Godwin.
Israel Justin, Lucky Ebhogie and Richman Kas Godwin were sentenced to 6 months imprisonment each without option of fine based on their pleas. They were also asked to forfeit all items retrieved from them, which were putative to be proceeds of crime.
Lucky and Richman were also ordered by the court to restitute their victims the sum of $7500 and $1200 respectively, while the iPhone 11 Pro which was recovered from Richman was to be sold and the value restituted to the victim.
The acclaimed monies were issued to be handed over to the victims through the American Embassy by the EFCC.
The two other perpetrators, Precious and Margaret were sentenced to a fine of N 150,000 each. Failure to pay the said fine, they would be committed to prison for a term of 6 months each.
The sum of N7, 000,000 which was concealed by Margaret, was ordered forfeited to the Federal Government.