A polytechnic student, one Shoneye Idowu Segun, was on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment by Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, for impersonation.
The offence contravenes section 33(2) (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 33 (2) (c) of the same Act.
Shoneye, who claimed to be running a course in marketing at Ogitech Polytechnic, was convicted after pleading guilty to a count charge bordering on impersonation.
The charge read: “That you Shoneye Idowu Segun sometimes in 2020 at Ilaro within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently impersonate the name, Anna Balogun, from Texas, United States of America, with intent to gain advantage for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 22 (2) (b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) of the same Act.”
In view of his pleading guilty, the prosecution counsel, Sanusi Galadanchi reviewed the facts of the case and urged the court to convict and sentence Shoneye accordingly.
Justice Agomoh thereafter convicted and sentenced Shoneye to 12 months jail term and ordered him to pay restitution of $475.
He is also to forfeit his iPhone11 Pro Max and one iPhone wrist watch to the federal government of Nigeria.
