Court sentences man to wash toilet in Abuja for 60 days for attempted fraud
- Innocent Destiny has been sentenced by a court in Abuja to wash Mpape Park Toilet in Abuja for 60 days
- Destiny allegedly attempted to cheat some people on wechat platform and was subsequently nabbed
- The court sentenced him to wash toilet based on his age, and in efforts and also being a first time offender
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For attempting to scam some people while posing as a woman on WeChat, the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has sentenced one Innocent Destiny to community service.
Specifically, he was sentenced to wash Mpape Park Toilet in Abuja for 60 days.
The judgement was given by Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya on Monday, July 19.
Destiny had been charged before the court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for parading himself as a female by the name Kim Webber, using this to induce male users of the platform in order to defraud them of their money.
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Earlier, the EFCC decided to go after one of Governor Aminu Tambuwal's aides over an alleged N2.2 million fraud.
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Source: Legit.ng
