Ilorin Courts Jail Six Internet Fraudsters
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, March 18, 2024 secured the conviction and sentence of six persons for internet fraud.
They were jailed by Justices Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin and Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges following their arraignment by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The convicts are: Aransiola Oluwaseun Stephen, Owoeye Adeyanju Ezekiel, Idris Yekini Kayode, Abdulrahmon Abubakar, Rafiu Ashimiu Adisa and Raheem Ayomide Monsur.
The charges against Stephen reads: “That you, Aransiola Oluwaseun Stephen in February 2024 in Ilorin, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did cheat by personation when you pretended to be one Cindy Watson, a White female, based in United States of America, and in that guise induced one Randy Driskill to send you the sum of $350 (Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars) which you did receive via gift cards thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Law and Punishable under Section 324 of the same law”
All the defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges when they were read to them.
Following their “guilty pleas”, EFCC's counsel, Innocent Mbachie, Adebayo Aliyu, Charles Oni and Rasheedat Alao, reviewed the facts of the cases and tendered the statements and items recovered from the defendants at the point of arrest, which were admitted in evidence.
The judges convicted and sentenced them accordingly. They also ordered that the phones and laptops recovered from them, as well as balances in their bank accounts be forfeited to the Federal Government.
All the six convicts are among the 48 students of Kwara State University, KWASU, arrested by the EFCC recently.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Salman Alada Kale Ayo Muyideen Ajani Bello Jebba Congress For National Consensus Olaosebikan 11th Galadima Lasiele Alabi Yahaya Ahmed Dankaya Salmon Babatunde Salmon Olatunde Olukoya Kishira Isiaka Danmeromu Umar Gunu Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State Adisa Logun Kisira KWSIEC Ifelodun Saka Onimago Budo Egba Abubakar Ndakene Garba Idris Ajia Local Government Pension Board Irepodun Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade COEASU Yusuf Aiyedun Monthly Sanitation Ilofa Saheed Popoola Sadiq Umar Yomi Ogunsola Federal Allocation Lateef Ademola Olatunji Bluenile Associates KSIRS Akume Saadu Gbogbo Iwe Ben Duntoye Special Agro-Industrial Hub Moses Rahman Popoola Www.Kwarareports.com Ajia-Bako Tsaragi-Share Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies Maryam Nurudeen Haliru Dantoro Neo Mundo Ltd Sidikat Alaya Onilorin Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa Aishat Sulu-Gambari Yinka Aluko Razaq Atunwa AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi John Kehinde Salako Gamji Members Association Salihu Jibril Garbi Folashade Omoniyi Maigida Soludero Transit Maimunat Oloriegbe KFA Wahab Kunle Shittu Ayodele Shittu M.Y. Abdulrahaman Adekunle David Dunmade Mohammed Lawal Bagega Lawyers Unite Against Corruption Razak Atunwa Imam Gambari Samuel Adedoyin Valsolar Yahaya Oloriegbe

