impersonating a member of the lllumlnati and thereby
committed an offence contrary to section 22(2) (b) (ii)
of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention) Act 2015 and
punishable under section 22(2) (b) (iu) of the same Act.
On the 0ilA712019 the Defendant was arraigned and a plea
was taken with the Defendant pleading guilty to the one count
charge. The matter progressed
to hearing. The Prosecution
in
an effort to prove that the Defendant committed the offence
alleged, despite his plea, called one witness, Chika Uneke
(PWl) who after the administration of oath testified to the
Defendant's arrest and all the effort and steps taken by the
Economic and Financial crimes commission (EFCC), following
the Defendant's apprehension, to establish the crime. Four (4)
Exhibits were tendered through the PW1 as follows:
1. statement of the Defendant, dated 28la6lz01g
- adrnitted
as Exhibit OUl.
2. Document generated from social medial account- adrnittecj
as Exhibit CIU2.
3.2 Techno phones, 1 Nokia phone, 1 iphoneT- admiltrrd
Exhibit OU3a, OU3b, OU3c, OUC4 respectively.
as
4. HP laptop- admitted as Exhibit OU4"
The learned counsel to the prosecution urged the Court to
convict the Defendant based on his plea of guilt and the
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