Man jailed for Internet fraud in Abuja – The Sun Nigeria

15th May 2025
By Christopher Oji
Justice A.I. Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court Jabi Abuja, has convicted and sentenced Danji-Fari Ubadallah to two-months imprisonment for internet fraud.
He was arraigned on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, on one-count charge bordering on internet fraud.

The charge reads: “That you, Danji-Fari Ubadallah sometime in 2024, in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court cheated by impersonation, when you created a Facebook account with the profile name: Precious Rashel,a United States of America citizen and under that assumed character obtained the sum of $50.00 from the victim,Rueben GI, through a gift card and traded same with one Zhang Jie, a Chinese citizen and received the Naira equivalent in your Opay account number : 8100877271 under the false pretense that you are in a romantic relationship with him, a fact you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990 and punishable under Section 324 of the same Law.”

When the charge was read to him, he pleaded guilty to it, prompting prosecution counsel S.N. Robert to pray the judge to convict and sentence him.
Justice Kutigi convicted and sentenced Ubadallah to two months in the Correctional Centre with an option of N90, 000 fine.

The judge also ordered that the iPhone which was used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.
Ubadallah bagged the imprisonment when he was arrested for internet crime. He was charged to court and convicted.