Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, convicted and sentenced one Abdulrahman Ridwan Opeyemi, who was prosecuted on a one-count charge bordering on impersonation, to three years imprisonment.
The count reads: “That you, ABDULRAHMAN RIDWAN OPEYEMI, sometime in 2022 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, fraudulently impersonated one Keena Butler by holding yourself out as such on Google Chat App, with intent to gain advantage for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 22(3](c) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act, 2015.”
He pleaded “guilty” to the charge preferred against him.
