23-year-old student jailed five years for cultism in Akwa Ibom
Patrick Odey Uyo
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, the state capital, has sentenced a 23-year-old student, Emmanuel Thomas, to five years’ imprisonment.
Thomas, a native of Uruk Uso in Obot Akara Local Government Area of the state, was convicted for belonging to an unlawful society known as Red Skin Secret Cult Confraternity, one of the cults outlawed by the state government
The presiding judge, Justice Okon Okon, on Thursday held that “by the provision of Section 1 sub section 2 of the Cultism, Offensive Weapons and Violent Behaviour Prohibition Law 2004 of Akwa Ibom State, any person who is a member of a cult whether or not, is in possession of an offensive weapon, is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for seven years without an option of fine.”
Daily Post Nigeria
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Akwa, Genesis Arinze Daniel and Chinedu Ayogu Christopher for fraud.
They were arraigned on a separate one count charge of cybercrime before Justice N.I Buba of the Federal High Court, sitting in Enugu, Enugu State.
The defendants who were docked on Thursday January 21, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The duo were arrested based on intelligence on their alleged involvement in cybercrime activities and obtaining money by false pretense from unsuspecting victims, mostly foreigners.
Investigation by the EFCC revealed how Genesis created and operated Google and Instagram accounts using stolen identity of Thomas Bradley, a United Kingdom national based in Florida, USA, to defraud other foreigners.