Justice Farouq Lawal of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Precious Mesele to two years imprisonment.
Mesele was convicted after pleading guilty to a one count charge of possession of fraudulent documents.
Precious Mesele, ‘M’, on or about July, 2022 in Kano, attempted to commit cheating and in such attempt did a certain act towards the commission of the said offence to wit: have in your possession fraudulent documents containing false pretence/romantic scam massages, and he thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 95 of the Penal Code Law.
In view of his plea of guilt, the prosecution counsel asked the court to convict the defendant accordingly.
Justice Lawal convicted and sentenced Mesele to two years imprisonment or pay a fine of Forty Thousand Naira (N40,000).
