2 'Yahoo boys' sent to jail in Kwara

Date: 2019-05-08

A Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, on Tuesday, sentenced two Internet fraudsters, Mustapha Sulaiman and Paul Chimezie, to one year imprisonment without an option of fine.

Justice M. Abdulgafar convicted the accused following plea bargain agreements entered with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the convicts.

Prosecuting Counsel, Andrew Akoja, had earlier urged the court to convict and sentence the defendants based on the plea bargain agreement.

"My Lord, the defendants were charged before this court on offences bordering on internet fraud, I urged your Lordship to convict and sentence them accordingly,"Akoja said.

In his judgement, Justice Abdulgafar held that the sentence should commence from February 2019 when the convicts were first detained.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused persons were arrested by EFCC sometimes in February for using different email addresses and pictures of white women, in an attempt to defraud.

The convicts "pleaded guilty" to the one-count amended charge brought against them by the anti-graft body.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Dagbalodo     Kamoru Kadiri     Oke-Ogun     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Magaji Erubu     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Kwara State Government     Samuel Adaramola     Trader Moni     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Bank Of Industry     KFA     Oyun     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Maigidasanma     Falokun-Oja     Ramat Oganija     Air Peace     Shuaib Olarongbe     Solomon Edojah     Onikijipa     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Magaji Nda     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Ibrahim Abikan     BECE     John Obuh     Rebecca Bake     Owo Isowo     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     EndSARS     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Amasa     Olohungbebe     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Leke Ogungbe     Shonga Farm Project     Noah Yusuf     Kwara NIPR     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Shao     Students Union Government     Aremu Bose Deborah     Jimoh Bashir     Ubandawaki     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Ajuloopin     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Lithium Deposit     Kayode Bankole     IYA ALFA NLA     Toyin Sanusi     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Gani Saadu     National Information Technology Development Agency     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Jide Ashonibare     Mohammed Abdulahi     08001000100     Isau     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Oja-Oba     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Demola Banu     Orisun Igbomina     Kwara 2023     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Abdulazeez Uthman     Sabi     Sango-UITH Road    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Atunwa     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Ibrahim Akaje     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Omotoso Musa     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Sulu Gambari     Asa     Idris Garuba     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     ENetSuD     Kwara State Government     Kolade Solagberu     Rex Olawoye     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Lukman Adeloyin     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Umaru Saro     Mohammed Ibrahim     Agboola Babatunde     MAI Akande     Moses Afolayan     Saka Abimbola Isau     Abubakar Aliagan     Harafat E. Mukadam     IYA ALFA NLA     Mohammed Danjuma     Kwara Pdp     Igbaja     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Kulende     KWASEIC     Olatinwo     Falokun-Oja     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Yusuf Abubakar     Okin Biscuits     Magaji Are     Deji Ajani     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Oladimeji Thompson     Tayo Alao     Dankaka     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Salami Adekunle     Split Diamond Interchange     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ibrahim Labaika     Sulaiman Gado     Otuka     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Adeola Abraham     Abdulfatai Baakini     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Omotosho     Funmilayo Zubair     Sunday Fagbemi     SGBN     A.E. Afolabi     Salake     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Kwara State Television     Peter Obi     Roseline Oni Aremu     Kumbi Titiloye     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Muritala Awodun     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Tayo Awodiji     Transition Implementation Committee     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Goodluck Jonathan     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Shuaib Abdulkadir