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The duo was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on amended one-count charge of obtaining money by false pretence, contrary to Section 1 (1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and (Other Fraud Related) Offences Act, 2006, and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act, to which they pleaded guilty.

The Custom Area Controller, Kano-Jigawa Command, Nasiru Ahmed, who handed over the suspect on Wednesday to the Zonal Head of the EFCC Kano Office, Sanusi Aliyu Mohammed, disclosed that the suspect was apprehended at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport by Customs Officers as he attempted to board an Ethiopian Airline flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.