Justice M.J Zubairu of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna on Monday, September 29, 2025 convicted and sent Solomon Ilemona Emmanuel to jail for fraud.
He was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a one-count charge, bordering on impersonation and of internet fraud.
His charge reads: “That you Solomon Ilemona Emmanuel (a.k.a SANTI XII) sometime in June, 2025 in Kaduna, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, fraudulently presented yourself as one SANTI XII on Facebook (a social media platform) to unsuspecting victims and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 142 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law 2017.”
He pleaded “guilty” to the charge, prompting the prosecution counsel, M.J.Argungu to urge the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.
Justice Zubairu, thereafter convicted and sentenced him to three years imprisonment or to pay N200,000.00 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) fine.
In addition, he forfeited a Tecno Camon Pro mobile phone and had earlier restituted the sum of N6,057,488.13 (Six Million Fifty Seven Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty Eight Naira, Thirteen Kobo) to his victims.
Emmanuel was among those arrested in Kafanchan axis of Kaduna State by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the EFCC following intelligence that exposed their fraudulent internet activities. He turned out to be a picker who receives illicit money through a Chinese vendor and transmits to members of the syndicate.
