Justice Akintunde Abass on Tuesday at the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, convicted and sentenced Akinluyi Akintunde, a 24-year-old Agronomy undergraduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso to three years imprisonment without an option of fine.
Akintunde was arraigned before the court on March 13, 2013 on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence.
Specifically, he allegedly obtained $450 from one Robert Jackson, an American, via Western Union Money Transfer under the false pretence that he was a lady.
In his judgment, Justice Abass ordered that the sum of $450 recovered from the convict be returned to the victim, Robert Jackson, through the United States Consulate as restitution.
Also, he also ordered that the laptop recovered from the convict in the course of his arrest be forfeited to the Federal Government.
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