One Wakili Yusuf Oladapo has been sentenced to three years imprisonment for defrauding two prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), members of N120,000.
Oladapo was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an amended one-count charge of obtaining by false pretence.
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The one-count charges reads: “That you Wakili Yusuf Oladapo between the 13th and 24th day of September, 2019 in Sokoto within the Juridical Division of the High Court of Justice of Sokoto State, with intent to defraud, did obtain a total sum of N120,000.00 from Aladetan Michael Olubodunrin, whom you falsely represented yourself to him as being a staff of NYSC, who could have him redeployed to a state of his choice, a pretence you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 310 of the Sokoto State Penal Code Law, 2019 and Punishable under Section 311 of the same Law.”
Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court gave Oladapo a N30,000 option of fine and ordered that he made full restitution to his victims.
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