The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of 11 cybercriminals to various jail terms.
The anti-graft agencies in a statement issued Monday said the convicts arraigned by the Ibadan Zonal Command were: Olakunle Dave Edamisan, Samuel Opeyemi Enitan, Daniel Aanu Omoyajowo, Jonathan Emmannuel Opashi, Daramola Damilola Aliu, Olarenwaju Olamilekan Oluwaseun.
Others are: Olaoluwa Daniel Adejobi, Akintola Akindeji Festus, Tijani Babatunde Adedayo, Sodiq Opyemi Odunewu and Powei Ibelih Theophillious.
The convicts were prosecuted following their arrest for alleged cybercrime and other related fraud activities
The agency noted that upon their arraignments before Justices Ladiran Akintola and Adebukola Lajide of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan and Justice Sinmisola Adeniyi of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, they all pleaded “guilty” to the one count separate charges filed against them.
It said, following their pleas, prosecution counsel, Olatunji Akintola, Umar Abiso, Shamsudeen Bashir, Adamu Sahabi, Zainab Tijani and Fatima Baba reviewed the facts of the cases and prayed the courts to convict and sentence the defendants as charged.
Consequently, Justice Adeniyi convicted and sentenced Odunewu, Adedayo, Festus, Adejobi and Oluwaseun to one year imprisonment each without an option of fine.
It added that Justice Akintola convicted and sentenced Omoyajowo, Opashi and Aliu to one year imprisonment each; Edamisan to six months community service, Enitan to three months community service; while Powei was convicted and sentenced to six months community service.
He will in addition, forfeit N500, 000.00 and N1.4 million to the federal government of Nigeria.
However, Omoyajowo was given an option of N40, 000.00 fine while Opashi, Aliu and Edamisan were given an option of N50, 000.00 (fine each.
The convicts were ordered to restitute their various victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the federal government of Nigeria.