Court Jails 21 Internet Fraudsters in Oyo

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By JUMOKE SANNI

The Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recently secured the conviction and sentence of twenty-one (21) internet fraudsters before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan and Justices O.S. Adeyemi, Ladiran Akintola, R.B. Olawoyin, O.S. Adeniyi, O.A. Adetujoye, M.O. Ishola and Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan.

The convicts are Waheed Hamid Aromose, Aliu Abayomi Victor, Ugbe Emmanuel Ukali, Ajewole Segun Abraham, Abeeb Ridwan Bidemi, Kolawole Oreoluwa Johnson, Olorunyomi Sina Ayo, Ajewole Ojo Kayode and Adewale Adetola Adedotun.

Others are: Olatunji Waliu Adegbaro, Shodeinde Joshua Adeyemi, Adeoye Bayo Lanre, Taufeek Rafiu Olamide, Adegbite Oluwaseyi Damilare, Hamzat Qowiyu Ajibola, Ayorinde Festus Morakinyo, Damilola Moore Ayomide, Ayinde Oluwaseun Ridwan, Ogunsami Farouk Adeyinka, Sheriff Funso Oparinde and Adewale Bolaji Al-Ameen.

They were prosecuted on one-count separate charges bordering on advance fee fraud, obtaining by false pretence, retention of proceeds of crime, possession of fraudulent documents and impersonation.

The charge against Al-Ameen reads: ”That you Adewale Bolaji Al-Ameen ‘M’ on or about 16th December, 2024 at Ibadan, Oyo State, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, fraudulently impersonated by representing yourself to be a white man by the name Joshua Smith from the United States of America to one Jonathan Tocobel, through your Instagram account (Jonathan Tocobel), with intent to gain an advantage for yourself and therefore committed an offence contrary to Section 484 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.”

All the defendants pleaded “guilty”, causing the prosecution counsel, Modupe Akinkoye, Sanusi Galadanchi, Lanre Suleiman, Mabas Mabur, Shamsudeen Bashir, Umar Abiso, A.M. Aliyu to pray the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.