Ex-convict, 17 others convicted for internet fraud

<p>Nwafoaku alleged that the defendant called the complainant to meet him at Rodzee hotel, Wuse, Zone 5, Abuja and while they were together, the complainant decided to go and take her bath.</p>, <p>In a statement issued Sunday, the Ibadan Zonal Command of the agency said Olatunji had, on October 21, 2022, been convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment by Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, for a similar offence.</p>, <p>The Judge, Muhammed Wakili admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 and one surety each in like sum.</p>, <p>The Police on Monday arraigned a 32-year-old man, Usman Tijani in a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing his friend’s mobile phone valued at N470,000.</p>, <p>The convicts were prosecuted by the EFCC between March 6, 2023, and March 30, 2023, on separate one-count charges each. They all pleaded “guilty” when the charges were read to them.</p>, <p>Nwaoha, Osibanjo and Hassan were convicted and sentenced to two months of community service each, whereas Salaudeen was convicted and sentenced to a fine of N40,000.</p>, <p>Similarly, Olalekan and Adeagbo were convicted and sentenced to four months of community service each.</p>, <p>The anti-graft agency also revealed that 17 cyber criminals were convicted and sentenced to jail before Justices Ladiran Akintola, Mohammed Owolabi, Iyabo Yerima and Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court and Justices Olugboyega Ogunfowora and A.A. Babawale of the Ogun State High Court, sitting in Abeokuta.</p>, <p>“The CP warns that attacks on innocent souls would no longer be tolerated under whatsoever guise, as the command holds the lives of citizens sacrosanct, and such unwarranted attitude would be strictly treated in accordance with extant laws,” the statement said.</p>, <p>The students were abducted in the early hours of Sunday, the Zamfara State Police Command, has confirmed.</p>, <p>The convicts, according to the EFCC, are Oyeyemi Oluwaseun, Salaudeen Olamilekan, Sadiq Ahmad, Ali Omoseb