Justice O.A. Fadipe of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Abdulrahman Murphy Usifo to 50 hours community service for possession of fraudulent documents.
He
was
arraigned
by
the
Lagos
Zonal
Directorate
2
of
the
Economic
and
Financial
Crimes
Commission,
EFCC,
Okotie-Eboh,
Ikoyi,
Lagos,
on
a
one
-count
charge
bordering
on
possession
of
fraudulent
documents
and
cybercrimes.
The
count
reads:
“
ABDULRAHMAN
MURPHY
USIFO,
on
or
about
the
27th
May,
2025
in
Lagos,
within
the
Judicial
Division
of
this
Honourable
Court,
with
a
dishonest
intent,
had
in
your
possession
Gmail
account
titled
“Remittance
of
Funds”,
wherein
you
represented
yourself
as
Mr.
Attilio
Traidi,
and
other
related
documents
for
an
online
benefit,
printed
from
your
HP-Laptop,
which
you
knew
or
ought
to
know
to
be
false thereby
committed
an
offence
Possession
of
fraudulent
documents
contrary
to
Section
320
of
the
Criminal
Law
of
Lagos
State,
2015.
“
He pleaded “guilty” to the charge preferred against him.
Following
his
“guilty”
plea,
prosecution
counsel,
I.G.Akhanolu
reviewed
the
facts
of
the
case,
saying
that
“The
Economic
and
Financial
Crimes
Commission
received
an
intelligence
report
alleging
a
case
of
computer-related
fraud
against
the
defendant.
“On
receipt
of
the
intelligence,
the
same
was
analyzed
and
found
worthy
of
investigation.
“
The
Commission
carried
out
a
surveillance
to
confirm
the
intelligence
and,
thereafter,
carried
out
a
sting
operation
at Festac
Town
,
Lagos
State
,
which
led
to
the
arrest
of
the
defendant
on
May
27,
2025.
“
Continuing,
he
told
the
court
that
“At
the
point
of
arrest,
an
iPhone
15
pro
max
and
HP
laptop
was
recovered
from
the
defendant.
“The defendant was immediately taken to the Commission’s office at 7A, Okotie-Eboh Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State for an interview.
“Following the interview, he made voluntary statements under words of caution.
“
The
defendant,
in
his
extra-judicial
statements,
admitted
his
involvement
in
an
online
benefit
scam, wherein
he
represented
himself
as
one
Mr.
Attilio
Traldi.
“
He
also
admitted to
have
benefited
the
sum
of
$500
(
Five
Hundred
United
States
Dollars).
“The investigating team also conducted a forensic examination on the devices recovered from the defendant at the Commission’s forensic examination laboratory and further analysis of his devices revealed that he was in possession of fraudulent documents containing false pretences. The said fraudulent documents were printed out from his iPhone and laptop computer.”
Akhanolu
further
told
the
court
that
the
defendant
restituted
the
sum
of
N500,000(
Five
Hundred
Thousand
Naira)
by
tendering
a
bank
draft.
The
prosecution
further
sought
to
tender,
in
evidence,
the
defendant’s
extrajudicial
statements,
iPhone
15
pro
max,
Hp
laptop
,
Bank
draft
,
and
forensic
investigation
documents.
Justice
Fadipe admitted
and
marked
them
as
exhibits.
The
Judge
convicted
and
sentenced
the
defendant
to
50
hours
community service
to
be
supervised
by
a
Correctional
Centre.
The
Judge
also
ordered
that
the
convict
be
registered
in
the
Public Offenders
Register.
He
was
also
ordered
to
sign
an
undertaking
with
the
EFCC
never
to
commit
any
financial
crime
within
and
outside
the
shores
of
the
Federal
Republic
of
Nigeria.
The
Judge
also
ordered
that
the
bank
draft,
IPhone
15
pro
max
mobile
phone
and
HP
laptop
computer
recovered
from
him
be
forfeited
to
the
Federal
Government
of
Nigeria.
Media & Publicity
July 11, 2025
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