The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Thursday, April 11, 2019, arraigned one Samuel Ndubuisi before Justice A.O. Faji of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on a one-count charge bordering on impersonation.
Ndubuisi,
who allegedly specialises in romance scam using pseudo names on
Facebook, was arrested on February 13, 2019 by operatives of the EFCC,
during a routine raid in the Iyana Era, Badagry area of Lagos.
One
of the counts reads: “That you, Samuel Ndubuisi (a.k.a. William John),
on or about February 13, 2019, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this
honourable court, fraudulently impersonated one William John as your
profile name on the Facebook, in order to gain advantage for yourself
and, thereby, committed an offence contrary to Section 22(3)(a) of the
Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention Etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under
section 22(4) of the same Act.”
The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charge preferred against him.
In
view of his plea, the counsel for the EFCC, Bilikisu Buhari, asked the
court for a trial date and prayed that the defendant be remanded in
prison. .
Counsel for the defendant, V.I. Nwabueze, informed the
court of his intention to file a bail application on behalf of his
client.
Consequently, Justice Faji adjourned the case to April
16, 2019 and ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison pending
the determination of his bail application.
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