A 19-year-old student accused of defrauding several people
using a fake Facebook account in the name of Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pleaded
not guilty in court.
Emmanuel Eto, a 19-year-old National Diploma (ND) II student
of the Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara, was arraigned on Monday on a three
count-charge of impersonation, conspiracy and cyber fraud at an Ikeja
Magistrate's’ Court.
The Prosecutor, Insp.Edet Okoi, told the court that the
accused had between April and May created a Facebook account in the name of
Tinubu, a former Lagos governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
He allegedly used the account to defraud unsuspecting
individual who he lured to apply for job opportunities through the Facebook
page," Okoi said.
“He fraudulently obtained the sum of N26, 850 as processing
fees from each of the individuals that subscribed. “Eto lured the public to
believe that he had the powers to get employment for all who subscribed.
Eto pleaded not-guilty to all the charges.
Magistrate Dan-Oni granted the accused bail in the sum of
N100,000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till the 7th of
July.
It will be recalled that the student had in May written a
confessional statement in which he claimed he was pushed into the crime by
financial constraints caused by his mother's illness.
"I did what I did because my father is late and my
mother has been sick for a long while," he had said
0 Comments