The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of eight convicts: two siblings and six other internet fraudsters.
According to a statement by the Head, Media & Publicity of the anti-graft agency, Wilson UWUJAREN the siblings: Ayuba Bala and Abdulkarim Bala, alongside Abutu Francis Ojochogwu, Okeke Wisdom, Omaonu Ojochenemi Victor, Yusuf Muhammed, Ibrahim Musa and Adebayo Sofiullahi, were jailed on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, after pleading guilty to different count charges bordering on cybercrime, cheating and possession of fraudulent funds.
Mr. UWUJAREN added that Six of the convicts: Ayuba, Abdulkarim, Ojochogwu, Victor, Muhammed and Musa were convicted by Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Ilorin while the other two convicts: Wisdom and Sofiullahi were jailed by Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin.
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