Man who poses as American prostitute jailed in Abuja

The EFCC, Abuja Zonal Command on November 3, 2022 secured the conviction one Emmanuel Adeyi before Justice I. Mohammed of the FCT High Court Gwagwalada-Abuja on an internet related fraud charge.

The one count charge indicates that Emmanuel Adeyi committed the offence sometime in 2021 at Abuja when he pretended to be a white woman named Sally, a prostitute, who resides in the United States of America through his Reddit application, and under the assumed character obtained the sum of $600 (Six Hundred United States Dollars) from his victims and thereby committed the offence of cheating by personation.

The offence is contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law (Cap. 89 Laws of Northern Nigeria) and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.

When the charge was read to the defendant, he pleaded guilty.