The Special Offences Court sitting in Lagos and presided by Justice Mojisola Dada on Monday 15th July 2019 sentenced 10 Yahoo-boys to one-year imprisonment each for online fraud.
The convicts which were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were said to have in their possession some fraudulent documents, which led to their subsequent arraignment for fraud-related activities and sentencing.
The Anti-graft agency in his statement on Monday, after securing the conviction and sentencing of the 10 Yahoo-boys, listed their names as Wusu Damilare, Salako Oluwasegun Daniel, Odunola Jason, Brian Emeka Ebong, Arinze Princewill, Babajide Mudashiru and Adeshina Afeez Kolawole
Some of the charges against the 10 Yahoo-boys read: “That you, Wusu Damilare, sometime in 2019 in Lagos, within the Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, had in your possession to wit: pseudo email account, document titled ‘wusubaba@yahoo.com’ and ‘oluwadamilarewusu@gmail.com’, which document you knew contained false pretence.”
“That you, Salako Oluwasegun Daniel, sometime in 2019, in Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division, with intent to defraud, had in your possession a fraudulent document, which documents you knew contained false pretence.”
Similarly, Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted and sentenced the trio of Balogun Sultan, Olalekan Savage and Daniel Ezo to various jail terms for possession of fraudulent documents.
The convicts were arraigned separately by the EFCC for their involvements in internet frauds.
Given their guilty pleas, the prosecution informed the Justice Mojisola Dada’s court that the defendants had entered into a “plea bargain” with the Commission, adding that they also made confessional statements.
The prosecution, while reviewing the facts of the cases, told the court that the defendants were arrested, following intelligence reports received about their involvements in internet frauds.
The prosecution further stated that some false documents, two cars, iPhones, laptops and some amounts of money were recovered from the defendants.
The court admitted in evidence the defendants’ confessional statements, the false documents as well as the funds recovered from the defendants.
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