Ilorin court convicts engineer, POS operator for cybercrime

Date: 2022-06-22

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of a self-professed engineer, Oyewole Maruf Damilare, from Ifedore Local Government Area of Osun State, for cybercrime offences.

Also jailed was one Olusanya Idowu Lukman, a POS operator from Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin convicted and sentenced the duo to various jail terms, having found them guilty of offences bordering on cybercrime and possession of proceeds of illegal activities levelled against them by the Ilorin Zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The Commission arraigned Oyewole on two count charges of cheating by personation and possession of proceeds of unlawful activities, while Olusanya was prosecuted on one count charge of personation for allegedly posing as Lena Kincy on Facebook to scam unsuspecting victims.

The defendants were reportedly arrested on April 22, 2022 at Agric Estate, Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital by operatives of EFCC following intelligence reports on the activities of some internet fraudsters operating in the area.

They pleaded guilty to their respective charges.

Rasheedat Alao, an operative of the anti-graft agency, who represented the Commission in the two cases reviewed the facts of the cases and presented witnesses who are operatives of the Commission.

The witnesses, while testifying tendered the extrajudicial statements of the defendants, different brands of phones recovered from them at the point of arrest and several fraudulent messages printed from their devices, which were admitted in evidence.

Alao, thereafter, urged the court to consider the guilty pleas, the extra judicial statements of the defendants and all the exhibits tendered before it to convict the defendants as charged.

Justice Abdulgafar, while delivering judgement, said the court had carefully evaluated the evidence placed before it, the guilty plea by the defendants and all the exhibits tendered and expressed conviction that the prosecution had not only established the elements of the alleged offences against the defendants, but had proved it beyond reasonable doubt.

The trial judge sentenced Oyewole to three months imprisonment on count 1 with option of N250,000 fine and six months' imprisonment on count 2 with fine option of N500,000.

The court ordered that one iPhone 12 which he used to perpetrate the crime and the sum of $400 US dollars, which he benefited from the illegal activities be forfeited to the Federal Government.

In the same vein, Justice Abdulgafar sentenced Olusanya to six months imprisonment with option N250,000 fine.

The judge also ordered that the iPhones 11 and Apple MacBook laptop, which the convict used to perpetrate the crime and the sum of $400 US dollars which he benefited from the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Yakubu Shaaba     Ilorin Curfew     Bamidele Aluko     Popo-Igbonna     Atiku Abubakar     Aiyedun     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Peter Obi     Ahmed \'Lateef     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Aro Yahaya     Oko-Olowo     Kaosarah Adeyi     Oba Abdulraheem     Ahmed Dankaya     Ndama Al-hassan     Niyi Ogundiran     Mogaji Aare     Sanusi Abubakar     MalHub     Saka Saadu     Laduba     IEDPU     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Quarry Royal Valley     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Okin Biscuits     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Kwara Poly     Nigerian Correctional Service     Memunat Monsuma     Sam Onile     Harmony Holdings     Mukhtar Shagaya     COVID-19 Palliatives     Sheikh Ariyibi     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Jide Ashonibare     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Ayo Opadokun     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Olaiya Zuberu     Air Peace     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Onilu     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Ajia-Bako     Pacify Labs     Okanlawon Musa     Kwara Apc     Kayode Issa     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ajayi Okasanmi     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     JSSCE     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Jumoke F. Ajao     Ibrahim Jawondo     Lawan     Moshood Bakare     Kazeem Oladepo     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Abubakar Lah     Hajj     John Dara     Kawu     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Yemi Sanni    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ajase-Ipo     Yemi Osinbajo     Nigeria Customs Service     Pilgrims Board     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Olofa Of Offa     University Road     Ajikobi     Alao Ayotunde     Elekoyangan     Alabe     Tinubu     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Coronavirus     IYA YUSUF     Gobirawa     Offa     Bashir Badawi     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Sambo Murtala     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Local Government     Adebara     Benin Republic     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Abubakar Aliagan     Universal Basic Education Commission     Folorunsho Erubu     Olatunde Michaels     BECE     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Abdulrazaq Magaji     IFK     Ibrahim Gambari     Borgu     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Quran     Akanji     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Saliu Tunde Bello     Ojo Fadumila     Saba Mamman Daniel     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Code Of Conduct Bureau     HICA     Onikijipa     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Bursary     General Hospital     Emir Of Kano     KWATMA     Musibau Akanji     Jimba Babatunde     Ebola     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Apado     Moronfoye     BIR     Emmanuel Bello     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Surajudeen Akanbi     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Assayomo     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Adijat Adebiyi     Kazeem Adekanye     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Aro Yahaya     Aisha Ahman-Pategi