A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Ridwan Lekan Garuba and Agbabiaka Idris Adebayo to five and four months imprisonment respectively.
The convicts had pleaded guilty to the two separate one-count charges preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office.
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The charges border on fraud and impersonation.
The EFCC counsel in the respective cases, Shamsuddeen Bashir, had urged the court to convict the duo accordingly.
Garuba was convicted on impersonation charges contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(i) and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(iv)of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015.
Agbabiaka, meanwhile, was convicted on the charge of fraud, an offence contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(i)of the Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same Act.
Justice Mohammed Abubakar, who convicted the internet fraudsters, sentenced them to five months and four months imprisonment respectively.
Garuba who has already refunded the sum of $1,000 USD to his victim through the Federal Government of Nigeria, also forfeited his Samsung S9 mobile phone, Samsung S6 mobile phone, one MIFI and one Nokia phone.
Agbabiaka also forfeited his iPhone mobile phone to the Federal Government of Nigeria, being part of the benefit he derived from his fraudulent act.
