An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 convicted and sentenced three internet fraudsters on one count amended charge which bordered on obtaining money by false pretence and impersonation.
The convicts who were prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, are Abiodun Olamide, Oparemi Ayomide James and Olaitan Waheed Abdulfatai.
They pleaded “guilty” to the charges preferred against them by the agency.
Subsequently, the prosecution counsel, Shamsuddeen Bashir, urged the court to convict and sentence them as charged.
Justice Sherifat Adeyemi convicted and sentenced Abiodun and Oparemi to five months community service each, while Olaitan bagged four months community service.
She further ordered that the convicts restitute their respective victims and forfeit all items recovered from them by the EFCC to the Federal Government of Nigeria.