Kaduna State Varsity Student Jailed For Yahoo Scam

Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna, has convicted and sentenced one Jonnah Hussaini, aka Anthony Anguilar, to two years imprisonment on a one count charge bordering on Impersonation.

The defendant was arrested by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, around Karji area, Sodom and Gomorrah, following intelligence shared by the Department of State Services on his alleged criminal activities.

Upon investigation, it was discovered the defendant who is a student of Kaduna State University, is into romance scam and, represented himself in Instagram and Facebook as Anthony Anguilar, a United States of America military personnel, to attempt to defraud one Johanna Bartolo by sending nude pictures.

He also hacked an Instagram page with the name Hussaini Jonah which he changed to Samira.

The one count charge reads: “that you Jonnah Hussaini (a.k.a Anthony Anguilar), Male, sometime between September 2022 and April 2023, in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, falsely present yourself as one Anthony Anguilar (a military personnel) from United States of America via several social media applications which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 142(1) of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017”.

The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him.

Justice Daruis convicted and sentenced the defendant to two years imprisonment or a fine of N150, 000.00.

 He is to also forfeit a grey colour Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max which he used to commit the offence to the Federal Government of Nigeria.