An Ilorin High Court in Kwara State on Tuesday
sentenced five suspected internet fraudsters to six months imprisonment without
an option of fine.
The convicts are Olamide Ijisesan, Ogundowole
Tolulope, Abdullahi Abubakar, Chilaka
Dickson and Olayiwola Azeez.
The conviction of the affected suspects was based
on the charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) in Ilorin zonal office over their alleged offences bordering on internet
fraud and other fraud-related offences.
The charge against one of the convicts read: "That
you, Olamide Ijisesan ( Javier Cheryl) sometime in April 2016 in Ilorin, Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of this
court cheated by pretending to be one Javier Cheryl, a white Caucasian female,
with yahoo account,
javiercheryl@yahoo.com, and fraudulently induced one Javier Hernandez to
deliver the cumulative sum of $350 to you, and thereby committed an offence
contrary and punishable under section 325 of the penal code law."
All the suspects pleaded guilty to their separate
charges leveled against them by the anti-graft body.
Prosecuting counsel led by Mr. Blessing Akinsola
told the court that the defendants have approached the Commission for plea
bargain agreements, and urged the Judge to convict them according to the
agreement.
All the defence counsel, however, confirmed the
position of the prosecution.
All the defendants were convicted and sentenced to
six months imprisonment in their separate charges brought against them before
Justice Sikiru Oyinloye and Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the state High Court in
Ilorin.
Arriving at the judgment, the court said the
evidence of the prosecution was not challenged or controverted by the
defendants.
"This court hereby convicted and sentenced the
defendant to six months imprisonment," the Judge said.
The court, however, ordered that items, including phones,
laptops and monies recovered from the convicts be forfeited to the federal government,
and that the sentence is without an option of fine.
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