A 400-level undergraduate student of the University of Ilorin, Akinsanya Olamide Ridwan, has been convicted and sentenced to three months Community Service for committing a romance scam.

Akinsanya was sentenced by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court, on Monday, August 31, 2020, after being arraigned on a one-count charge, bordering on internet fraud and other fraud-related offenses by the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC).

His sentence requires him to clear the drainage at Bekind filing Station near Tipper Garage, Tanke, Ilorin up to the gate of the University of Ilorin for Three Months starting from September 2, 2020.