Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Oshogbo, Osun State, and his colleague in Ekiti State, Justice Babs Kuewunmi, yesterday sentenced six internet fraudsters to various jail terms, on charges bordering on fraudulent impersonation.
The fraudsters were prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
While Justice Ayo-Emmanuel jailed five convicts: Ahmed Oguneye Abiona, Owoade Kehinde Elijah, Oriade Sunday Oluwatobiloba, Usman Adams Shehu, and Waris Adegoke Adeyemo, Justice Kuewunmi convicted David Fatunla Taiwo (aka Jeff Wood).
The six convicts, who pleaded guilty to the charges levied against them were ordered to restitute their victims.
Abiona, Adeyemo and Shehu bagged four months each, Owoade three months, while Oriade was sentenced to five months imprisonment. Taiwo was slammed with twenty months imprisonment.
Oriade is to restitute his victim the sum of $590 and forfeit an iPhone XR, one Samsung S5 mobile phone and one Acer Laptop to the Federal Government of Nigeria, Ahmed is to restitute to one Michael Johnson the sum of $500 and forfeit the sum of N3, 013,007.39, found in his United Bank of Africa Account, an iPhone 11 Pro Max mobile phone and one Toyota Camry car to the Federal Government of Nigeria, being proceeds of his crime and Adeyemo would return the sum of $300 to one Peter Decker and forfeit one iPhone 11 Pro Max to Federal Government of Nigeria.
Shehu is to restitute his victim the sum of $400 and forfeit one Samsung Galaxy S8 to Federal Government of Nigeria, Owoade to restitute $300 and forfeit an iPhone 6 mobile phone to Federal Government of Nigeria and Taiwo was ordered to restitute his victim, one Joanne K. Thornhill, the sum of £450 through the Federal government of Nigeria.
