Man Who Charged N2 Million For Fake Customs Job Jailed

The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has sentenced one Olukoya Emmanuel Adeyemi for employment scam.

Justice Uche Agomoh convicted Olukoya and sentenced him to two years imprisonment on an amended two-count charge that bordered on employment scam

He also ordered that restitution be made to the victims.

This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by the Head, Media & Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Wilson Uwujaren.

The anti-graft agency said the convict had swindled his victims of N2million under the pretext of securing jobs for them with the Nigeria Customs Service.

Upon his arraignment, he pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The counts reads, “That you, Olukoya Emmanuel Adeyemi ‘M’ on or about the 26th day of April, 2019 in Ibadan within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of Seventy-seven Thousand Naira (N77, 000.00) from one Ajiboye Hamed through your Access Bank Account No. 0728344783, under the false pretence that you have given him employment with the Nigeria Customs and that the payment is for the Custom job replacement and training kit.

“This is a pretext which you knew to be false and you deceitfully made it, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable by Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”