Court remands ex-convict over alleged impersonation of varsity don

Date: 2021-11-24

A Kwara High Court in Ilorin on Tuesday ordered the remand of an ex-convict, Joshua Oluwatobiloba, standing trial over alleged impersonation and cyber fraud.

The trial judge, Justice Mahmud AbdulGafar ordered that the defendant be remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following his guilty plea.

AbdulGafar thereafter adjourned the case until Nov 25, for review of the facts and sentencing.

The EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command, had arraigned Oluwatobiloba, 29, of Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, on a four count charge bordering on impersonation and cyber- crime.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluwatobiloba had sometimes in June 2020 was convicted by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara High Court, Ilorin, over a similar offence.

After spending his jail term at Mandala Correctional Centre and was released, the convict was again arrested by operatives of the EFCC for a similar crime and taken before Justice AbdulGafar.

The prosecutor, Rashidat Alao told the court that the ex-convict posed as the Dean of Student Affairs, University of Ilorin, Dr. Efuntayo Oluwatobi, a lecturer in Chemistry Department.

She said that Oluwatobiloba impersonated the lecturer to scam unsuspecting students, seeking to pay school fees and hostel accommodation.

Following his guilty plea, the prosecutor urged the court to fix a date for trial and to order the remand of the defendant in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Centre. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Nagode     Yakub Lai Gobir     Mohammed Ibrahim     Yusuf Lawal     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Ajibike Katibi     Post-utme     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Gbemisola Saraki     Okeose Christian Cementary     Magaji Erubu     Public Holiday     Falokun-Oja     Bank Of Industry     ASMAU PLAZA     Madawaki     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Alabere     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Budo-Egba     Olayinka Olaogun     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Mubarak Oladosu     Oniyangi     Yakubu Gobir     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Saidu Yaro Musa     Ilesha-Gwanara     UITH     Owode Market     Kwara Central     CUTI     Tunji Folami     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Haliru Dantoro     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     David Oyedepo     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Michael Nzekwe     Muhammad Yahya     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Wahab Agbaje     Old Oyo     CACOVID Palliatives     Baboko Primary School     Omotosho     Monthly Sanitation     Ridwan Agboola     Iyabo Adewuyi     Rebecca Bake     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Anilelerin     Oloje     Imam Gambari     Sanusi Abubakar     Kwara State Football Association     Paul Odama     Saka Onimago     T And K FOODS     SSUCOEN     Ike Ekweremadu     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Ahmed \'Lateef     Atiku     Ramadan     Mahee Abdulkadir     Facebook     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Abdullahi Biffo     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Azeez Salawu     Taofik Abdulkareem     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Bayo Ajia     Lotus Bank    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Odolaye Aremu     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Adebayo Salami     Daud Adeshola     Alapado     Kayode Issa     Haliru Dantoro     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Salihu Ajia     IQRA College     Inside Kwara     Kumbi Titiloye     Ogidi-Oloje     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Ramadan     Mashood Dauda     Amusa Bello     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Owo Arugbo     Dogara     KWIRS     Saeedat Aliyu     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     LEAH Charity Foundation     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Emir Of Kano     Alliance For Democracy     Demola Banu     George Innih     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Mutawalle     Funmilayo Oniwa     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Elelu     Abraham Ojo     Oke-Oyi     Bello Abubakar     Ebola     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Ileloke     Kayode Ibrahim     Yemi Osinbajo     08001000100     Rafiu Olasile     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Ojo Isekuse     Ramat Oganija     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ilorin General Hospital     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Yusuf Abubakar     Musibau Akanji     Kwara State Pension Board     Ubandawaki     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Jamiu Oyawoye     Funmi Salau     ASMAU PLAZA     Adamu Attah     Bolaji Nagode     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Kayode Bankole     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Ita-Ore     Ilorin Muslim Community     Afetu Of Alabe     Olushola Saraki     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Lanre Olosunde