Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday, sentenced five cyber fraudsters of the charge of criminal imitations, contradictory to Section 22(2)(b)(ii) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, ETC.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) of the same Act.
The sentenced were: Omosehin Sina, Yusuf Olajide Bello, Olowosogba Olamilekan Samson, Bakare Omolayo Toheed and Sodiq Oluwasegun Adefila. They pleaded guilty to their individual charges in line with the conditions of the plea bargain conclusion with the Commission.
Based on their pleas, prosecution counsel, Ben Ubi and Chidi Okoli invited Umara Uyah, Nafiu Sa’ad and Usman Babangida Mohammed to review facts the case as witnesses. The court consequently convicted them as charged and sentenced Omosehin and Olowosogba to four years jail term each, while Yusuf earned eighteen months jail term. Bakare was sentenced to four months while Adefila bagged three months imprisonment.
Their conviction however takes effect from their dates of arrest .According the judgement, the convicts were to restitute sundry sums to their victims and also forfeited the items recovered from them to the Federal Government of Nigeria.