ONAJITE TOSAN EJOVWO V. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

STEPHEN JONAH ADAH, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On the 23rd day of July, 2019; the appellant was arraigned before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on a One Count Charge of Cheating by the Respondent. The Charge was filed on the 8th day of July, 2019 together with a duly executed Plea Bargain Agreement of the parties.

The charge is at page 1 of the Record of Appeal transmitted to this court on 27/09/2019. The charge reads:

Charge:

That you, Onajite Ejovwo Alias Jeremy Moyes, sometime in 2018 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court by deceiving while pretending to be Jeremy Moyes a Male Caucasian from United State of America in Nigeria for job execution, cheated by inducing Miss Maganete and other unsuspecting victims to deliver to you the sum of $1,500,00 (One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars) by falsely representing that you are Jeremy Moyes who is in a romantic relationship with them and that you thereby committed an offence contrary to Se…