Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court,
sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced an undergraduate of Kuala
Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia, Hope Olusegun Aroke to 24
years imprisonment for his involvement in an internet scam that fetched
him Four Thousand riaait (N25million).
A statement from the antigraft agency, EFCC, states that 25
year old Aroke, was arraigned before Justice Okunnu on a two-count
charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence; cheque cloning,
wire transfer and forgery. The court found him guilty of the two charges
and was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment on each of the two
counts.
Aroke was arrested when an anonymous petitioner wrote to
the EFCC alleging that the Kogi state-born undergraduate was involved in
sundry fraudulent activities on the internet. The EFCC swung into
action and investigated the internet dealings of Aroke.
Investigations showed that he was involved in several
romance scam that fetched him a total sum of 4,000 riaait( Malaysian
currency). Aroke admitted sending the money to Nigeria through one
Angela, who later helped him deposit its naira equivalent, N25, 000,00(
Twenty-five million Naira only), in a new generation bank.
Upon his arrest, two exotic cars valued at N23,000,000(
Twenty-three million naira) were recovered from him. Justice Okunnu
ruled that the sentence should run concurrently. Meanwhile, Aroke has
two other matters yet undecided before Justice B. Idris of the Federal
High Court Lagos.
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