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Court Jails Man 1 Year Over Fake Instagram Profile https://osazuwaakonedo.news/court-jails-man-1-year-over-fake-instagram-profile/09/10/2024/ #EFCC #Abuja #Bola #Corruption #Instagram #Lagos #news #Nigeria #Tinubu Published: October 9th, 2024 Reshared: October 9, 2024 10:13 pm Lagos State High Court
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Lego State high court has sentenced a
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man to onee imprisonment for being in
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possession of a fake Instagram profile
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used to the fraud on suspecting members
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of the public just as Nigeria president
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B Amed tinu says corruption has become a
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cancer delaying the country its benefits
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these were men known in news releases
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made available by the public relations
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department of the economic and financial
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crimes commission efcc during the week
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details of the releases read ver below
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Tino charges Nigerians to close ranks
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raise stronger voices against corruption
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president B Amed tinubu has called on
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Nigerians from all works of Life to Come
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Together and form formidable unifying
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forces against economic and financial
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crimes and other acts of corruption he
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gave the charge in Abuja on Monday
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October 7th 2024 while declaring open
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the sixth economic and financial crimes
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Commission efcc National judicial
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Institute nji workshop for justices and
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judges the president pointed out that
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corruption had become a cancer denying
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the nation the full benefits of its
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god-given resources and for its
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corrosive effects to be destroyed
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Nigerians must rise up combatively
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against it no Nigerian is immune from
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corruption a canel which continues to
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deny the nation the full benefits of its
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god-given
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resources rather than look up only to
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the anti-corruption agencies for a
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solution to this Malay I believe it is
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in our enlightened Collective interest
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to close ranks and aggressively tackle
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this common enemy he said ubu who spoke
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through vice president kashim shettima
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applauded Rising Improvement in the
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prosecution of corruption matters o to
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positive developments in the Justice
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sector reforms admitted that challenges
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impeding the Speedy adjudication of
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corruption cases should be frontally
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tackled some of them he noted include
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frivolous applications and appeals
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intimidation of Judges by Council
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judgment not based on facts of cases but
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on
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technicalities he commended the efcc for
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its courageous and focused efforts in
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combating Corrupt Practices and pledge
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more support to the commission we will
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also continue to support the work of the
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efcc to ensure that it continues to
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deliver statutory mandate without late
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or hindrance he said executive chairman
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of the efcc Mr or on Amplified other
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challenges affecting speedy trial of
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corruption cases according to him the
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Spector of frequent adjournments of
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high-profile corruption cases arising
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from frivolous applications conflicting
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orders by cours of coordinate
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jurisdiction in corruption cases inate
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contempt orders hold at the commission's
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leadership unwarranted orders of
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injunction restraining the commission
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from investigating cases are among a
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plora of issues that bother the
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efcc owing to some of these challenges
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especially the incidents of suspects
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facing criminal investigation rushing to
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court to obtain orders of injunction
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restraining the efcc from inviting
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investigating interrogating and
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arresting them ol stated that the
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commission was unable to conduct
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investigation in at least 10 states of
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the Federation
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in spite of all this the EFC says must
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stress that the commission has been
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under in its Works engaging stakeholders
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locally and globally to tackle the
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monster of corruption as a commission
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our efforts at integrated stakeholders
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in the fight against corruption are
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continuous earlier this year we held a
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stakeholders Dialogue on the issue of
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cyber crime where we equally unel the
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commission's new focus on corruption
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prevention with the establishment of
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fraud risk assessment and control Frack
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we are convinced that it is ultimately
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more profitable to prevent them to
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investigate and prosecute corruption
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cases he said the workshop fed
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integrated stakeholders in common
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economic and financial crimes drew a
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mammoth crowd of stakeholders policy
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makers top government officials Civil
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Society organizations and
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anti-corruption bodies
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Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice km o
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ker Eun stated that for every
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stakeholder in the anti-corruption
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corridor to be integrated there would be
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a need for the establishment of a
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coherent and unified structure for
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information sharing across
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institutions no single entity can have a
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complete view of the financial system
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making it imperative that information
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flows seamlessly among all stakeholder
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she said attorney general and Minister
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of Justice Latif fi s in his remarks
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stated that building strong legal
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Frameworks effective law enforcement and
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international cooperation were
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imperative to combat Financial crimes
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and unify
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stakeholders he also called for renewal
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of commitments to higher values to move
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the nation forward let us renew our
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commitments to Justice integrity and the
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well-being of our nation he said other
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dignitary that gr the opening session of
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the workshop include former Secretary
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General of the Commonwealth Chief EMA
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anuku Senate president president of the
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court of appeal justices of the Supreme
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Court court of appeal High Court among
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others Legos C chares man one year for
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possession of fraudulent documents
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Justice O A fipe of the special offenses
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Court sitting in Ika Legos on Tuesday
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October 8 2024 convicted and sentenced
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one non so Joseph eela to onee
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imprisonment for Poss of fraudulent
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documents a cure was prosecuted by the
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Legos directorate of the economic and
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financial crimes Commission efcc on a
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one count charge Bing on possession of
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fraudulent documents used to perpetrate
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romance SC the count read Nono Joseph AA
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on or about the 27th of June 2024 in
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Legos within the judicial division of
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this honorable court with intent to
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defraud had in your possession Instagram
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profile account wherein you represented
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yourself as Ronald Gregory and other
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related documents for an online dated
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scam which he knew or ought to know to
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be false he pleaded guilty to the charge
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following his guilty plea the
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prosecution Council IG akanu prayed the
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C to call his witness is saahi an
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operative of the commission to give a
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review of The Facts sahi said the
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defendant was arrested alongside others
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who engaged in computer related fraud in
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Legos on June 29th
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2024 upon his arrest he was brought to
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the efcc office items recovered from him
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at the point of arrest where iPhone 12
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Pro Max and Samsung S10 phones which
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were analyzed through a forensic
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examination the analysis revealed
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fraudulent documents about the
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defendant's involvement in an online Lon
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count where he represented himself as a
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male American bearing Ronald Gregory he
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informed the commission that he usually
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carried out the fraudulent activities by
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sending love messages randomly online to
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members of the public and that those who
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showed interest in having a relationship
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where asked for financial assistance I
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can only further applied to Tender in
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evidence the defendant's extrajudicial
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statement as well as the bundle of
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fraudulent documents printed out from
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his mobile phones Justice fipe admitted
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them as exhibits and convicted him as
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charged when he was given the
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opportunity to address the court nowo
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pleaded with the court to temper Justice
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with Mercy promising never to engage in
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Internet fraud again consequently
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Justice fipe sentenced him to onee
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imprisonment with an option of 500,000
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Nas and 50 hours community service the
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judge also ordered that both the iPhone
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12 Pro Max and Samsung S10 recovered
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from him be forfeited to the federal
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government of
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Nigeria
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