In the current effort b the federal Government to flush out corruption and fraudsters in the country, Justice Akintunde Abass on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at the Oyo State
High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, convicted and sentenced
a 24 years Akinluyi Akintunde, an Agronomy undergraduate of Ladoke
Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso to 3 years imprisonment
without an option of fine.
Akintunde was arraigned before the court on March 13, 2013 on a two
count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence.
Specifically, he allegedly obtained the sum of $450.00 from one Robert
Jackson (an American) via Western Union Money Transfer under a false
pretence that he was a lady.
In his judgment, Justice Abass ordered that the sum of $450 recovered
from the convict be returned to the victim, Robert Jackson through the
United States Consulate as restitution.
Also, he also ordered that the laptop recovered from the convict in
the course of his arrest be forfeited to the Federal Government.
