Court jails 11 internet fraudsters in Ogun, Oyo

The Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, and the Ogun State High Court have sentenced no fewer than 11 internet fraudsters to various jail terms.

The convicts are Olakunle Dave Edamisan, Samuel Opeyemi Enitan, Daniel Aanu Omoyajowo, Jonathan Emmannuel Opashi, Daramola Damilola Aliu, Olarenwaju Olamilekan Oluwaseun, Olaoluwa Daniel Adejobi, Akintola Akindeji Festus, Tijani Babatunde Adedayo, Sodiq Opyemi Odunewu, and Powei Ibelih Theophillious.

The internet fraudsters were prosecuted following their arrest by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged cybercrime and other related fraud activities

Upon their arraignments before Justices Ladiran Akintola and Adebukola Lajide of the Oyo State High Court and Justice Sinmisola Adeniyi of the Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital, the internet fraudsters all pleaded “guilty” to the one count separate charges filed against them.

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Following their pleas, the prosecution counsel, Olatunji Akintola, Umar Abiso, Shamsudeen Bashir, Adamu Sahabi, Zainab Tijani, and Fatima Baba reviewed the facts of the cases and prayed the courts to convict and sentence the defendants as charged.

Justice Adeniyi later convicted and sentenced Odunewu, Adedayo, Festus, Adejobi, and Oluwaseun to one year imprisonment each without an option of fine.

Also, Justice Akintola convicted and sentenced Omoyajowo, Opashi, and Aliu to one year imprisonment each; Edamisan to six months community service, Enitan to three months community service; while Powei was convicted and sentenced to six months community service.

According to a statement issued by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, on Monday, September 4, 2023, Enitan will in addition, forfeit N500,000 and N1.4 million to the Federal Government.

However, Omoyajowo was given an option of N40,000 fine, while Opashi, Aliu, and Edamisan were given an option of N50,000 fine each.

The convicts were ordered to restitute their various victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government.

The Star