A High Court sitting in Kaduna State has sentenced one Ogunleye Samson Oluwasola to 10 years imprisonment for defrauding a lady the sum of N740k

Justice A. A. Isiaka convicted and sentenced the fake beauty promoter after he pleaded guilty to one-count charge bordering on cheating and obtaining by false pretense, preferred against him by the Kaduna Zonal command EFCC.

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The count charge reads: “That you Ogunleye Samson Oluwasola sometime in March, 2023 in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, fraudulently induced one Solomon Suzie to deliver to you the sum of N740k for an online photo contest, a pretence which you knew to be false and you thereby committed the offence of cheating contrary to Section 306(a) and punishable under Section 307 of the Penal Code Law of Kaduna State, 2017”

He pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him. Based on his plea, prosecution counsel prayed the court to convict and sentence him accordingly