Two Years in Prison, N400,000 Forfeiture -Court Convicts Samuel Adavize for Fraud

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.

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 the prison sentence, the court ordered the forfeiture of Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N400,000) being proceeds of crime and iPhone 12 being 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.