Obasanjo Library Complex Raid: Again, Court Jails Two More Internet Fraudsters in Lagos

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By JUMOKE SANNI

Again, the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday , August 19, 2025, secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters before Justice D.I.Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

The convicts, Olugbodi Adefolarin Pamilerin and Adenuga Ezekiel Oluwaseyi, are among the 93 suspected fraudsters arrested during a sting operation on Sunday, August 10, 2025 at a hotel within the precincts of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

They were arraigned on separate two-count charges bordering on impersonation, identity and internet fraud.

One of the counts against Pamilerin reads:
“That you, Olugbodi Adefolarin Pamilerin (male), sometime in 2025, within the Lagos Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, fraudulently held out yourself as Emily Eddins on your Telegram account, to unsuspecting members of the public, with intent to gain advantage for yourself and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 22(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition etc.) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria”

Another count against Pamilerin reads: “That you, Olugbodi Adefolarin Pamilerin (Male) sometime in 2025, within the Lagos Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, with intent to defraud, retained in your control the total sum of $160USD which were proceeds of criminal conduct, deceitfully obtained from unsuspecting members of the public, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 17 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (Establishment etc) Act No: 4 of 2004.”

Meanwhile, one of the counts against Oluwaseyi reads: “That you, Adenuga Ezekiel Oluwaseyi (Male), sometime in 2025, within the Lagos Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, fraudulently held out yourself as a lady in your gmail accounts,  and  to unsuspecting members of the public, with intent to gain advantage for yourself and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition etc.) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2015.”