Gbenro Adesina
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, has found guilty five internet fraudsters of unlawful impersonation and sentenced them to imprisonment.
The convicts are Josiah Olafuyi; Abdul-Salam Abubakar; Blessing Opeyemi Omoyajowo, Bolaji John Alegbe and Olawale Ayorinde Abdulaliyu.
Abdulaliyu was sentenced to three months imprisonment; Olafuyi got four months; Abubakar and Omoyajowo got six months each, while Alegbe bagged seven months jail term.
In another development, Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta sentenced Aremu Oluwatosin Akindele to 11 months imprisonment, taking effect from September 1, 2019 when he was arrested.
Aside the prison terms, the convicts are to restitute their respective victims, through the federal government the sums of money they defrauded them, as well as forfeit to the government, all items recovered from them.
