Crime
Two Jailed For Internet Fraud In Ogun
A Federal High Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, presided over by Justice Mohammed Abubakar on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, convicted and sentenced Ridwan Lekan Garuba and Agbabiaka Idris Adebayo to five months and four months in prison respectively for internet fraud.
The convicts had pleaded guilty to the separate one-count charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office.
The charges border on fraud and impersonation.
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The EFCC counsel in the respective case, Shamsuddeen Bashir urged the court to convict the duo accordingly.
Justice Abubakar consequently convicted and sentenced Garuba to five months in prison with effect from the date of his arrest, while Agbaiaka bagged four months in prison also with effect from the date of his arrest.
Garuba who has already refunded the sum of $1,000 USD (One thousand United States of America Dollars) to his victim through the Federal government of Nigeria, also forfeits his Samsung S9 mobile phone, Samsung S6 mobile phone, one MIFI and one Nokia phone.
Agbaiaka also forfeits his iPhone mobile phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria, being part of the benefit he derived from internet fraud.
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