A Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna and presided over by Justice Amina Bello, has sentenced one Ezeani Victor Udochukwu to two years imprisonment for internet fraud.
Udochukwu was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge of impersonation.
The EFCC said the convict, between January and June 2025, posed as a woman named “Ann Sandra” on Facebook to deceive and defraud unsuspecting victims.
The charge read: “That you, Ezeani Victor Udochukwu (a.k.a. Ann Sandra), between January and June 2025 in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, falsely represented yourself as Ann Sandra on Facebook, knowing the claim to be untrue, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 142(1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.”
Upon arraignment, Udochukwu pleaded guilty.
Prosecuting counsel M.U. Gadaka urged the court to convict and sentence him, while defence counsel pleaded for mercy, noting the defendant’s remorse.
Justice Bello thereafter convicted Udochukwu and sentenced him to two years in prison with an option of a N300,000 fine.
She also ordered the forfeiture of an iPhone XR, used in committing the offence, to the federal government.
He was arrested by EFCC operatives in the Sabo Tasha area of Kaduna following actionable intelligence linking him and others to cybercrime activities.
