*The Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital of Nigeria, has sentenced the defendants to various jail terms, ranging from six months to a year, with options of fine over crybercriminal activities

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For fleecing others of their hard-earned wealth, the Federal High Court, sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Friday, March 18, 2022, sentenced five persons to various jail terms over offences bordering on internet-related fraud.

It was learnt the convicts are Ololade Olabisi and Segun Samson from Lagos State; Issa Shamsudeen and Babatunde Saheed from Kwara Stare; and Abdulmatin Akibu from Oyo State respectively.

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the convictions.

Justice Muhammed Sani, delivering his judgment, said that the prosecutor had established a case against the defendants and found them guilty.

The Judge sentenced the defendants to various jail terms, ranging from six months to a year, with options of fine, agency report said.

Justice Sani also ordered that all items used as instruments to commit the crime, which included phones and laptops, as well as money raised as restitution, be forfeited to the Federal Government.

The defendants pleaded guilty to the separate charges preferred against them by the anti-graft agency.

Upon their pleas, Innocent Mbachie, Aliyu Adebayo and Andrew Akoja reviewed the facts of the case and tendered all the exhibits, which was admitted as evidence against the defendants.

The prosecuting counsel urged the court to consider the facts and circumstances of the case, the guilty pleas by the defendants, their extra judicial statements and convict them as charged.