About thirty-three internet fraudsters have reportedly bagged sentencing in Oyo and Ogun states for cybercrimes having been convicted of the crime.
One Amos Temitope Taiwo was sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment.
John Timileyin Olasupo and Ogunleye Ridwan Babatunde
to one-year jail term each.
Fatai Habeeb Mayowa was sentenced to eight months of community service while Olamijulo Abiodun Kayode, Abulele Endurance Ogbemudia, Oladokun Abeeb Olaide, Seyitan David Ojo, and Precious Akinwale Balogun, three months of community service each.
Owolade Shamsudeen Ayoola
to two months of community service
The rest twenty-three bagged six months of community service each.
They were Lateef Aremu, Abiona Itunuoluwa Solomon, Odesanya Micheal Adedimeji, Oyedele Isreal Sunday, Toriola Yusuf Alabi, Nafiu Wariz Ayomide, Adewale Adeyemi Fasasi Mumeen, Azeez Faruk Olanrewaju.
Others were Olamilekan Samuel Olonitola, Okeke Hycent Obinna,
Quzeem Opeyemi Tajudeen,
Theophilus Iroboudu Onoapor,
Olanrewaju Muhammed Opeyemi, Adebari Sodiq Wemimo, and Akinrinola Emmanuel Pelumi.
The rest were Odigwe Victory Okwise, Oyinwola Micheal Olakunle, Adewale Ibrahim Adegoke, Odunton Durojaiye Oluwaseyi, Opaleye Ramadan Olanrewaju, Tolulope Adedoyin Asekoni, Oyewole Gideon David, and Asogbon Emmanuel Tobiloba
The prosecutor –the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said:
“The convicts were jailed by Justices Ladiran Akintola, Adebukola Olajide and M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan; Justice B.B. Adebowale of the Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta and Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State. They were arraigned on one-count separate charges bordering on cybercrime.”
All of them pleaded “guilty” to the charge when it was read to them.
The separate court charge read:
“That you, Opaleye Ramadan Olanrewaju ‘M’ on or about 4th February, 2020, at Ibadan, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud one Micheal via your instagram account Catherine falsely represented yourself as Catherine a white woman from the United States of America which representation you knew to be false, thereby committed the offence of Personation contrary to Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.”
The courts ordered forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The item included eight exotic vehicles.
The courts also ordered that the convicts restitute their various victims.
