Justice Mobolaji
Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Makurdi, Benue State has sentenced one
Ajene Mathew Adikwu, 22 to one year imprisonment with a N100,000 (One Hundred
Thousand Naira) option of fine for obstruction of cyber crime inquiry against
him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, contrary to Section
46 (a) and (b) of the Cyber crime (Prohibition) Act 2015 and punishable under
Section 46 (b) of the same Act.
Upon his arrest by the
Makurdi Zonal Office of the EFCC on suspicion of cyber crimes, several national
identity cards were found on him, which he refused to disclose to the
Commission how he acquired them and for what purpose.
He pleaded guilty to a
one-count charge of obstruction of cyber crime inquiry the Commission pressed
against him, following which prosecuting counsel, G. G. Chia-Yakua, urged the
court to convict and sentence him in accordance to a plea bargain agreement he
reached with the prosecution.
Similarly, the Makurdi
Zonal Office of the Commission in same court, same day, also secured the
conviction of one Moses Adukwu, who bagged six months imprisonment with N50,000
(Fifty Thousand Naira) option of fine for possessing and selling counterfeit
currencies.
The convict was
prosecuted on a one-count charge of possessing counterfeit bank notes, against
Section 5(1)(b) of the Counterfeit Currency (Special Provision) Act, and
punishable under Section 5(1) of the same Act.
He pleaded guilty to
the charge, prompting prosecuting counsel, G. G. Chia-Yakua, to pray the court
to convict and sentence him, having reached a plea bargain with the
prosecution.