Nigeria’s Anti-graft Agency Secures Conviction of Internet Fraudsters

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of three cybercriminals.

The criminals are Salaudeen Yunusa Olamilekan, Tobiloba Isiah Seyi Adams and Toheeb Olalekan Adeleye.

A statement by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren, says while Olamilekan and Adams were convicted and sentenced to various jail terms before Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan; Justice A.A. Babawale of the Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, convicted Adeleye.

The convicts were prosecuted by the EFCC between March 6 and March 30, 2023, on separate one-count charges. They all pleaded “guilty” when the charges were read to them.

Consequently, prosecution counsels reviewed the facts of the cases, tendered several documents that were admitted in evidence and urged the courts to convict and sentence the defendants as charged.

While Adeleye was convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment, Salaudeen was convicted and sentenced to a fine of N40,000. Adams was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment. He was, however, given an option of a fine of N50,000 only.

The courts ordered that the convicts restitute their victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Dominica Nwabufo