An Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has sentenced Samuel Akove Adavize to two years’ imprisonment after finding him guilty of fraud.

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement shared on its verified X handle on Thursday.

 The EFCC said its Benin Zonal Directorate secured the conviction on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, before Justice E.G. Adekambi.

 According to the commission, Adavize was arraigned on a two-count charge of impersonation, obtaining by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents.

 The statement read, “The Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, secured the conviction of Samuel Akove Adavize before Justice E.G. Adekambi of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City.

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 “Samuel was arraigned on a two-count charge of impersonation, obtaining by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents. Justice Adekambi convicted and sentenced the defendant to two years’ imprisonment.

“Aside from the prison sentence, the court ordered the forfeiture of N400,000, being proceeds of crime, and an iPhone 12, being an instrument of crime, recovered from the convict, to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

 “The court further ordered that his OPay account and Sparkle MFB account be permanently closed.”

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Source: Punch · Uthman Salami

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