By
Fatimah Idera
Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano High Court has convicted and sentenced Yusuf Bukar Gambo to one and half years imprisonment.
Gambo was said to have cloned the Facebook accounts of some American citizens and used their identities to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
He pleaded guilty to the four counts when they were read to him which borders on cheating and impersonation and was convicted.
Count one of the charges reads, “That you, Yusuf Bukar Gambo, sometime in 2022 at Kano within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court with intent to commit cheating fraudulently impersonate Alvie Gilliam, an American citizen by cloning her Facebook account, pretending to be her and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 321 of the Penal Code and punishable under section 324 of the same law”.
Gambo pleaded guilty to the four counts when they were read to him and in view of his plea the counsel for the prosecution, Douglas I. Gift asked the court to convict him accordingly.
The Counsel representing the defendant, A.M Yusuf also pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy in sentencing the convict.
However, Justice Aboki convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on count one with option of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000) as fine.
On counts two to four, the convict was sentenced to four months imprisonment with option of Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N200, 000) fine on each count.
