Justice C.N. Nwabulu handed down the sentence on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, after Moses pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of cheating and impersonating a spiritual leader.

Moses,  was arrested in Ekpoma, Edo state, received and laundered the $1100, via his Zelle payment platform, and the Naira equivalent was paid into his local bank account.

The convict subsequently deceived her into taking a naked spiritual bath, which he recorded live without her permission, and thereafter blackmailed her to send him money, else he would make the video public.

Investigation by the EFCC revealed that the victim had to pay the sum of $1,100 to the suspect in order to prevail on him not to release her nudity to the public.

The charge against him read: “That you Solomon Odigie Moses(A.K.A DR SOLOMON) sometimes in 2026 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did fraudulently impersonate a spiritual leader named Dr. Solomon on a fictitious Tiktok account and obtained the sum of $1100(One Thousand One Hundred Dollars) from an Indian lady by name Sharon Kaur, for the purpose of spiritual prayer and assistance, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Act(Abuja)LLFN, 1990 and punishable under Section 322 of the same Act.”

He pleaded “guilty”, following which the prosecution counsel, Maryam Hayatudeen, urged the court to convict and sentence him accordingly.

In his ruling, Justice Nwabulu convicted and sentenced Moses to one year imprisonment with an option of fine of N300,000(Three Hundred Thousand Naira).

The judge further directed that the $1,100 proceeds of crime be forfeited to the victim through EFCC.

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“The Trump administration has no higher priority than protecting American citizens and upholding American sovereignty,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.

The figure since Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025, is two and a half times the number revoked in 2024, when Joe Biden was president.

The State Department said that “thousands” of the visas were revoked over crimes, which can include assault and also drunk driving.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has proudly highlighted his revocation of visas from students who protested against Israel.

Rubio used a McCarthy-era law that allows the United States to block entry to foreigners seen as going against US foreign policy, although some of his high-profile targets successfully challenged deportation orders in court.

The State Department said 8,000 of the revoked visas were for students.

The Trump administration has also tightened vetting for visas, including moving to screen social media postings of visitors.

The visa revocations are part of a wider campaign of mass deportations, carried out aggressively through a surge of federal agents.

The Department of Homeland Security last month said that the Trump administration has deported more than 605,000 people and that 2.5 million others left on their own.

AFP

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made the announcement while receiving victorious national female basketball team, D’Tigress, at the State House, Abuja.
President Tinubu was represented at the reception by Vice President Kashim Shettima.
Shettima was isjoined by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu and the Chief of Staff to the President, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, to receive the basketballers and the coaching crew, led by the Head Coach, Rena Wakama.
The D’Tigresses arrived the forecourt of the President’s office few minutes before 5pm and were ushered into the New Banquet Hall of the State House.
The Nigerian team defeated Mali 78–64 in Sunday night’s final at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to secure their seventh AfroBasket title overall and fifth consecutive title, cementing their dominance in African women’s basketball.
The reception is coming exactly one week after President Tinubu gave a similar welcome to the nation’s female football team, the Super Falcons, who won a resounding tenth WAFCON title in Rabat, Morocco.

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