A court in Abuja has ordered an internet fraudster to clean premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for two weeks.
The FCT High Court in Gwagwalada, FCT gave the order on Tuesday after finding 21-year-old student, Babatunde Samuel guilty.
Samuel pleaded guilty to cheating filed by the EFCC and begged the court for leniency.
Delivering judgment, Justice Aliyu Shafa, ordered Samuel to clean the EFCC premises from 8 a.m to 10 a.m for two weeks under supervision.
Justice Shafa also ordered Samuel to undergo counselling by EFCC legal department for a period of one month.
Shafa, also ordered the convict to enter a bond to be of good behaviour for a period of two years from 21st June 2022 to 21st June 2024.
Shafa ordered that the items (laptop and cell phone) used to perpetuate the crime be burnt.
Shafa warned him to desist from committing crimes and be of good behaviour.
The convict in his allocutus pleaded with the court to tamper justices with mercy, adding that he would not indulge in such act again.
“I regret involving myself in internet fraud, I will never do it again I promise,â€
