Crime
Court Sentence Yahoo Boy To Six Month In Prison
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court Ikeja, Lagos State sentenced one Aniedo Chuka Ricardo to six months in prison with and option of fine in the sum two hundred thousand naira.
Delivering her sentencing after defendant accepting guilt of the one count charge ” I hereby find the defendant guilty has charged”.
Defence counsel A.O Akuye pleaded with the court to show mercy to the defendant
“My Lord, we had a long discussion with my client.
” The defendant is a first time offender “.
“Humbly pray for the defendant to be given an option of fine”.
While delivering her judgement “I have considered the allocutus of the defence counsel. I hereby sentence the defendant to six month in prison or an option of fine of two hundred thousand naira.
Prosecuting counsel for the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) C.C Okezie stated that the defendant sometimes in 2011 in Lagos had in his possession a document containing false pretence held himself as ” Lisa Avatar” to one “Doreen” which he knew to be false.





