The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of 42 fraudsters before Justices A.M Liman, M.N Yunusa, Darius Khobo, A.A Bello and A.A Isiaka.
The agency in a statement issued Saturday said 32 of the convicts were jailed by Justices Liman and Yunusa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kano while the remaining 10 were jailed by Justices Khobo, Bello and Isiaka in Kaduna.
They were all jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate charges preferred against them by the EFCC.
The 32 convicts jailed in Kano are: Happy Mahmud, Ahmed Musa, Godwill Adams, Kigbu Agyivye Samuel, Walter Moses Afamefuna, Mustapha Aliyu, Hope Ezekiel, Ogbonna Emmanuel, Adamu Ali, Abdullahi Usman Abdullahi, Ibrahim Mohammed Neziru, Favour Pius, Timothy Danjuma, Adejare Abdulfahad, Isah Labaran, Ani Godswill, Adamu Muhammad, Muhammed Zafir Agede, Adidas Oyiwoza Junior, Victor Adaji and Matthew Etta.
Others are: Blessed Oyewole, Joshua Victor, Egbodo Mathew, Oladipupo David, Omotosho Owolabi, Shehu Salisu, Ezeugwu Kingsley, Ambrose Favour Okwose, Moses Danladi, Henry Chimnemelum Akaenyi and Elijah Philemon.
The remaining 10 fraudsters jailed in Kaduna are: Japhet Sunday (a.k.a Nicolas Galitzine), Precious Audu, Oche Emmanuel (a.k.a Allegra Liliane), Good News Ezekiel (a.k.a Jessica Allen), Gabriel Lious (a.k.a Jonny Depp), Adedigba Jamiu Adeniyi (a.k.a Jiggy Jay), Joel Moses (a.k.a Vin Diesel), Tizhe Zinas Japhet (a.k.a Richard Miller and a.k.a Arthur Van Gulik) and Fu’ad Oreoluwa Abdulsalam ( a.k.a Crack Thompson) and Suleiman Dada.
Following their guilty pleas, prosecution counsel, Matiyak.Y. John and K.S Ogunlade prayed the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
Justices Liman and Yunusa thereafter convicted and sentenced 10 of the convicts to two years imprisonment each or a fine of N50, 000 each.
Fifteen were convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment with an option of fine of N100,000, while six of the convicts were sentenced to one year imprisonment with an option of fine of N100,000 and Muhammed Agede was sentenced to three years imprisonment with an option of fine of N150,000
They all forfeited their phones to the federal government and made restitution to their respective victims.
The remaining convicts jailed in Kaduna were also prosecuted on one-count separate charges to which they all pleaded “guilty.”