Court jails 32 internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Osogbo

Court jails 32 internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Osogbo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Directorate, has secured the conviction and sentencing of 32 internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State, and Osogbo, Osun State.

According to a statement issued on Friday by EFCC’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the fraudsters were convicted before seven High Court judges in Ibadan and one in Osogbo.

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The convicts, including Udoka Uzo Omefe, Adedara Ademola Ayobami, Ajayi Elijah Oladimeji, and 29 others, faced various one-count charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence, advance fee fraud, retention of proceeds of crime, and possession of fraudulent documents.

One of the charges, against Udoka Uzo Omefe, reads, “That you Udoka Uzo Omefe ‘M’ on or about the 8th of June, 2024 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did aid one Yemi and other internet fraudsters, now at large to create the profile pictures they used to obtain money from their victims by false pretence, and hereby committed an offence of aiding another person in committing an offence, contrary to Section 7(c) and Punishable under Section 419 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.”