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.

Awwal Jawondo     Henry Makinwa     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     College Of Health     Asa LGEA School     Oju Ekun Sarumi     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Adisa Logun     Rafiu Olasile     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Ajikobi     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Seed Technologies     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Lawal Olohungbebe     Www.Kwarareports.com     Modibbo Kawu     Dumagi     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Marufat Oladosu     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Mansur Alfanla     Ita-Ore     V.O. Abioye     International Aviation College     Sherif Sagaya     Kayode Issa     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Yemi Sanni     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Hussein Olokooba     Ajeigbe     Kwasu     Jalala     Rasheed Jimoh     Kola Olota     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Frootify     Matthew Babaoye     Boko Haram     Agbarigidoma     Bashirat Bola Bello     Sarkin Malamai     Okin Biscuits     Mutawalle     Awoye     Mashood Dauda     Apado     Onilorin     Oro Grammar School     Farouk Salim     Salake     Taofeek Sanusi     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Bureau Of Lands     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Olaitan Adefila     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Garba Ado Sanni     Lai Gobir     Aliyu Sabi     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Yusuf Aiyedun     Garba Idris Ajia     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Nupe     Afolayan     Makama Of Kaiama    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sarah Jubril     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Garment Factory     Moses Salami     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Sabi     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Metro Park     Oke-Kura     Javed Khan     Omupo     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Moremi High School     International Vocational Centre     Atunwa     Muazam Nayaya     General Hospital, Offa     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Shonga Farm Project     IHS     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Ahmad Ali     Olabode Towoju     Kwara Politics     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Dele Momodu     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     NAWOJ     Michael Nzwekwe     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Abubakar Suleiman     Kayode Ishola     Yekeen Alabi     Adisa Logun     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Olatunji Moronfoye     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Kwara Central     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Olatunde Jare     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Olohungbebe     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Emir Of Lafiagi     Col. Adedipe     Usman Yunusa     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Taofik Abdulkareem     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Omotosho     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Ahmed Bayero     Sa\'adu Gambari     Tayo Awodiji     Umar Gunu     Kwara State Polytechnic     Ogidi-Oloje     Gbenga Adebayo     Yetunde Balogun     Shola Odetundun     Oke-Ogun     Sulaiman Gado     Kolawole Akande     MATTA Girls Foundation     Toyosi Thomas     Kwara State Governor     Ope Saraki     Deji Ajani     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Seun Bolaji     AbdulRahman Saad     Buhari