PROSPECTIVE YOUTH CORPER BAGS 4 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT OVER USD $700 FRAUD
The charge reads: “That you Soyombo Omogbolahan Ridwan (aka Andrea Norde) sometimes in 2019, at Awa-Ijebu within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court knowingly sent pornographic and indecent pictures with Google Hang Out Account with email address andreanorde19@gmail.com through a computer system and network to one James R. Dunford and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 24 (1)(a) of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 24(1) of same Act”
The Prosecution Counsel, Mabas Mabur, had urged the court to convict him accordingly since he admitted committing the offense and pleaded guilty. He had had settled for a plea bargain with the commission before the initial charges were reduced to one.
The judge, Ibrahim Watilat while delivering his judgment said the four months jail term takes effect from February 13, 2019 when he was arrested, and also ordered that, through the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Soyombo shall forfeit and restitute a sum of USD $700 to James R. Dunford and Cara Melton, his victims.
The court also ruled that, he will forfeit his Apple Macbook Air Laptop, One Iphone X Mobile Phone and One WiFi Router to the Nigerian government, while the items, believed to be proceeds of his crime, were recovered from him during his arrest.
