A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, presided over by Justice A.M. Liman, has sentenced a ‘Yahoo boy’, Daniel Uche Orji, to one-year imprisonment for fraud.
The Kano State Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Daniel Uche Orji on a one-count amended charge of retention of proceeds of crime.
Daniel’s journey to prison began when intelligence on his internet fraud and recruitment of young men into cybercrime was received by the agency.
The anti-graft agency arrested the convict at his residence where a Mercedes Benz GLK, two laptops, a printer and an iPhone 12 were recovered.
The convict pleaded guilty to the one-count charge when it was read to him. In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel asked the court to convict him accordingly.
Consequently, Justice Liman convicted the defendant and sentenced him to one-year imprisonment with an option of N1 million fine.
The court also ordered forfeiture of items recovered from him to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
