An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has convicted and sentenced 66 internet fraudsters arraigned before the court by the Ibadan zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to jail terms, ranging from 2 weeks, 4 months, and 6 months of community service to 10 months imprisonment.
The convicts were arraigned before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Olusola Adetujoye, and Bayo Taiwo on separate one- count charge, bordering on cyber crimes, between Monday, September 5, 2022 and Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
All the convicts earlier pleaded “guilty” to the charges when read to them individually.
Upon the guilty plea, the prosecution counsels, Oyelakin Oyediran, Chidebere Okoli, Oluwatoyin Owodunni, Modupe Akunkoye, Mohammed Galadanchi, Mabas Mabur, Abdulrasheed Suleman and Samsudeen Bashir, prayed the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
The courts then convicted and sentenced the 66 defendants to various jail terms and ordered that they restitute their various victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
EFCC gave names of the convicts as Lawal Ismaila Adebola, Dazumi Azeez Jayeola, Morakinyo Abiodun Michael, Kehinde Samuel Olatunbosun, Yusuf Olawale Raji, Abass Akintayo Waliu, Kolawole Blessing Oluwafemi, Ajibade Habib Olakunle, Adedun Olajide Temidire, Dapo Ajayi Temitope Faith, Lamidi Olumide Samuel…
