The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Command, has charged one Fakunle Ganiyu Abiola with admission scam, slamming one count charge of obtaining under false pretence.
Fakunle was arraigned before Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan.
Sometime in 2017, he promised to assist his victim secure admission into a US university for a fee of N800,000.
But after collecting a deposit of N300,000, the victim neither got the promised admission or a refund of the deposit paid.
The charge reads: “That you Fakunle Ganiyu Abiola on 6th of December,2017, at Ibadan, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained the sum of N300,000 (Three Hundred Thousand Naira) only from Oladejo Timothy Olusola, through your account domiciled at United Bank for Africa Plc, with account number 2013788397, when you falsely represented to him that you can secure admission for him at a university in the United States of America, which representation you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence.”
The offence is contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advanced Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
