A first-class graduate from Lead
City University, Ibadan, Olakunle Akanni, 23, has been sentenced to a twelve
month term of imprisonment for defrauding an American woman, Diana Huizenga,
77, of over 12,000 dollars (N1.92 million) through an internet
love scam.
Akanni who was sentenced yesterday at the Ikeja High Court, falsely presented
himself to Huizenga as one Robert Lewis, a white American living in
Nigeria.
He successfully used “love scam” to fleece the woman and even invited her to
come to Nigeria with $ 90,000 before he was apprehended.
The judge, Lateef Lawal-Akapo sentenced 23-year-old Akanni alongside one of his
accomplices, Adesina Akinsola, 30 after being found guilty of a two-count
charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretences preferred
against them.
“The first defendant, Akanni, is to pay the sum of N2 million which is the equivalent of
$ 12,820 to the victim (Huizenga), as restitution.
“Also, the third defendant, Akinsola, is to pay the sum ofN500,000 to the victim as
restitution,” the judge ordered.
“Also, the third defendant, Akinsola, is to pay the sum of
He also ordered them to write an undertaking to be submitted to the EFCC that
they would be of good behaviour upon their release from prison custody.
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