Court Jails Man One Year for N1.5m Love Scam

Justice Muhammad Yahaya of Kano State High Court on Monday, February 19, 2018 convicted and sentenced one Abubakar Isiaku (also known as Hajia Fatima) to one year imprisonment on one-count charge of obtaining by false pretence preferred against him by the Kaduna zonal office of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, EFCC.

Isiaku, while disguising as a woman was said to have defrauded many unsuspecting members of the public via Facebook. 

In one of his operations, he allegedly lured a complainant into a relationship and in the process swindled her of N1.5million.  

Arraigned on December 18, 2017, Isiaku initially pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charge, but when confronted with damning evidences by the prosecution he changed his plea to ‘guilty’.

Following his admittance of guilty, the prosecuting counsel, Sa'ad Hannafi Sa'ad, urged the court to convict and sentence him according to the dictates of the law.

After the evaluation of the evidences placed before the court, Justice Yahaya pronounced Isiaku guilty of the charge and consequently sentenced him.

The judge also ordered the convict to pay the sum of N1.5million to the complainant as restitution.