An alleged fraud boy identified as Kolade Emmanuel Balogun has been arrested and charged with cybercrime and also convicted by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) on Thursday, August 13, 2020.
Balogun was convicted by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on one count charge of criminal impersonation brought against him by the Commission.
According to the charge, “That you, Kolade Balogun (a.k.a Willam Davis, alias Behemooth) sometime in March 2020 or thereabout at Ilorin, Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, attempted to commit an offence of cheating by impersonation by pretending and representing yourself to be a white man, called Willam Davis, alias Behemooth to unsuspected white woman on dating site called, Seeking Arrangement as it is contained in your Gmail account: Willamdavis@gmail.com and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 95 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria.”
Balogun pleaded guilty of all the charges against him, upon which the prosecution counsel, Aliyu Adebayo asked the court to convict the accused, while the defense counsel, Rotimi Oyagbola also asked the court to temper justice with mercy since Balogun is a first time offender.
Justice Oyinloye in his judgment also indicated that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt, considering the unchallenged testimonies of a prosecution witness.
Balogun was then sentenced to three months of traffic control at the junction behind Kwara State Ministry of Physical Planning, starting from August 17 and lasting till October 17, 2020, or pay a fine of N50,000 (Fifty Thousand Naira). He also forfeited his phones and laptops to the federal government.
