Thirty Nine Nigerian Students, NANS Executive Bags One Year Jail Term for N195m Internet Fraud

NANS Executive Bags One Year Jail Term for N195m Internet Fraud

…39 Others Convicted in Ibadan

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction and sentencing of Director of Logistics of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Federal University, Oye-Ekiti Chapter, Adeyemi Israel Abiodun to twelve months imprisonment for net-associated fraud.

He is amongst forty people convicted on separate one rely expenses earlier than 4 judges of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan.

Their offences bordered on impersonation, acquiring cash beneathneath fake pretence, acquiring assets through fake pretence and forgery opposite to Sections 419, 467, 484, 516 and 508 of the Criminal Code Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.

The different convicts are Yekeen Azeez Ishola, Okeniyi Sanuel Akiniyi, Theophilus Ademola Bukola, Salami Mohammed Adetayo, Pelumi Ajayi Temiloluwa, Lawal Abdullateef Olalekan, Okusanwo Mayowa Daniel, Oluwole Oluwasegun Ayomide, Adedotun Omodele Yusuf, Monday Nnaemeka Samuel, Idowu Adeshina, Olowe Nifemi Ayomide, Adubu Olamiotan Sunday, Kehinde Olatunji Kehinde, Oguntuase Tope Francis, Elijah Isaac Wisdom, Ogbanaya Chukwu Chukwu, Adekola Adekunle, Odebode Temiloluwa Kehinde, Joseph Odunayo Clement, Andrew Adekunle Masika, Usman Mubarak Damilare, Isiaka Olumide Hammed, Uawu Osita Henry, Kareem Afeez Alabi and Ogunyemi Ayobami Samuel.

Others include: Mimiola Victor Olamide, Adeeko Kolade Emmanuel, Egberongbe Adedayo Quam, Oyelaran Olayiwola Jeremaih, Hammed Rilwan Ishola, Adefowora Omotayo David, Adedeji Ibrahim Olamilekan, Emmanuel Timileyin Akinbowale, Michael Damola Olanrewaju, Ayanyemi Olaide Samuel, Boye Timilehin Emmanuel, Timileyin Ajibola Idowu and Azeez Tolulope Ayoade.

Abiodun become arraigned earlier than Justice Iyabo Yerima whilst thirty-9 others have been prosecuted earlier than Justices Bayo Taiwo, Akintola Ladiran and Olusola Adetujoye among August 15, 2022 and August 23, 2022.

The one remember price in opposition to Abiodun reads: “That you, Adeyemi Israel Abiodun and Odaise Precious Abiola (aka Prezzy) (at large) on or approximately thirtieth March, 2022 at Ibadan, in the Ibadan Judicial Division did conspire to forge numerous United States of America Banks Cheques and purport identical to be actual and thereby dedicated the offence of conspiracy to devote forgery opposite to Section 516 and 467 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.”

Abiodun and  the others pleaded “responsible” to the expenses filed towards them through the EFCC.

In view in their responsible pleas, the prosecution counsel, Modupe Akinkoye, Oyelakin Oyediran, Oluwatoyin Owodunni, Chidi Okoli, Abdulrasheed Suleiman, Mabas Mabur and Samsuddeen Bashir reviewed the statistics of the cases, tendered confessional statements and files recovered from the convicts  as well-knownshows and entreated the courts to convict and sentence the defendants as charged.

Consequently, Abiodun, Daniel and Ayomide have been convicted and sentenced to 365 days imprisonment every with out the “alternative of fine”, at the same time as Akiniyi bagged 3 months jailed time period and 6 months network provider.

Other defendants had been convicted and sentenced to 6 months network carrier every.

Furthermore, the courtroom docket ordered Abiodun to pay the sum of $1,000USD (One Thousand United States Dollars) in restitution and forfeit a white Mercedes Benz CLA-250 with custom designed NANS plate quantity really well worth N16million, a gold neck chain and one ice neck chain really well worth N3.6million, bitcoin really well worth $58, 854.88USD, one Apple MacBook Pro 2020 Model and an iPhone 12 Pro Max to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Other convicts had been ordered to restitute their sufferers and forfeit all gadgets recovered from them.

It can be recalled, that Abiodun, a two hundred stage scholar of Economics and Development Studies of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State turned into arrested on March, 30, 2022, along seventy-9 (79) others in a sting operation with the aid of using the operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC at Sango region of Ibadan, Oyo State for alleged net fraud.

Investigations discovered that, among July 2021 and March 2022, Abiodun benefited N195, 274, 331.00 (One Hundred and Ninety Five Million, Two Hundred and Seventy Four Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty One Naira) as cumulative heist from cyber-fraud concerning forgery of over 25 US banks cheques.