Two Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in Kaduna

Published

1 year ago

October 22, 2024

Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Kaduna has convicted and jailed one Olayinka Abdulraheem Saidu( a.k.a Lily Bright) and Adams Shedrack (a.k.a Kellie Hamza) for fraud.

The convicts were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count separate charges, bordering on impersonation, cybercrime and money laundering.

Saidu’s charge reads: “That you Olayinka Abdulraheem Saidu (a.k.a Lily Bright)(M) sometime in 2022 at Minna, Niger
State,within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, with intent to defraud, converted the total sum of $100.00(One Hundred US Dollars)from one Chad Beatty, living in the United States of America, which you reasonably ought to have known that such fund forms part of the proceeds of an unlawful act and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 18(2) (B) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and punishable under Section 18(3) of the same Act.”

That of Shedrack reads: “That you Adams Shedrack, (a.k.a Kellie Hamza), sometime in September, 2024 in Minna, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, fraudulently impersonated one Hamza Topchvev (a German citizen) on Facebook, a social media platform and fraudulently gained advantage for yourself, the total sum of $200 (Two Hundred USD only) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2)(B)(ii) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention Etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Subsection 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same Act.”

They pleaded “guilty” to the charges when they were read to them, prompting the prosecution counsel, K.S Ogunlade to pray to the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.

Justice Aikawa, afterwards convicted and sentenced, Saidu to five years imprisonment or to pay a fine of N700,000.00 (Seven Hundred Thousand Naira) and convicted and sentenced Shedrack got two years imprisonment or to pay a fine of N500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira). In addition to their prison terms, they forfeited their communication gadgets, being instruments of their crimes to the federal government.

Both convicts were arrested in Minna, Niger State, following credible
intelligence on their fraudulent
internet activities.

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Alleged N2.2bn fraud: Ngige to remain in Kuje Prison till December 18

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3 hours ago

December 15, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

Justice Maryam Aliyu Hassan of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Gwarimpa in Abuja has ordered that former Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, be kept at Kuje prison till December 18.

Ngige will be on remand till the date when his bail application would be decided by the court.

Justice Hassan issued the order on Monday shortly after taking arguments for and against the bail request of the former governor of Anambra State.

Ngige’s lawyer, Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, pleaded with the judge to admit the former minister to bail, mainly on health ground.

He submitted that the former minister would not jump bail or interfere with witnesses if admitted to bail.

However, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, represented by Sylvanus Tahir, SAN, vehemently opposed the bail request, insisting that Ngige was a flight risk.

Tahir told the judge that Ngige was granted administrative bail by the EFCC and allowed to travel abroad for medical care but never reported back to the Commission.

Besides, he said that the international passport released to Ngige; to facilitate the abroad trip was never returned till today.

The senior lawyer argued that it was when Ngige was re-arrested that he came up with a purported claim that he lost his passport.

He insisted that the claim of passport loss was an afterthought and should not be believed by the court.

After the submissions, Justice Hassan fixed December 18 to deliver ruling in the bail request.

Ngige was last Friday slammed with an eight-count charge bordering on corrupt practices.

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Man whose marriage ended after 2 days speaks after his ex-wife claimed he caused it by asking for thr££some.

Published

5 hours ago

December 15, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

Bobby denied the allegations made by Uchechi Sandra Nnenne that her family sponsored their wedding which took place on Jan. 4, 2025.

According to Bobby, whom Sandra called Mr B in her story, he spent over N25million on their wedding.

He also denied Sandra’s claims that he kept borrowing money from her.

He sent LIB receipts of some credit alerts he made to Sandra’s account and others made to the accounts of vendors they employed for their wedding.

He also denied requesting thr££some from her. He said he called off the wedding on Jan. 15. He alleged he did this after finding out she was pregnant for another man. He accused her of getting pregnant for her boss. He did not provide evidence to back this allegation.

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Sandra also didn’t provide evidence to back her allegations. (Check her claims in previous post).

Young woman allegedly ki!ls her newborn baby in Benue

Published

14 hours ago

December 15, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

A young woman allegedly gave birth to a baby boy and k!lled the newborn shortly after delivery in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.

The disturbing incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Sunday, December 14, 2025 behind Government Secondary School, Gboko, throwing the community into pandemonium and mourning.

Residents are calling for immediate police intervention to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident and ensure justice is served.

Authorities are yet to issue an official statement as of the time of this report.