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The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 secured the conviction and sentencing of five persons to different jail terms for internet - related offences.
They
were jailed by Justices Mahmoud Abdulgafar and Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the
Kwara State High Court in Ilorin, after pleading guilty to one-count separate
charge preferred against them by the EFCC.
The
convicts are Quadri Musibau Olamilekan, John Adamson Oladele, Abiola Gbolahan Abiodun, Orimadegun Ishola and Kayode Aderemi
Awolola.
One
of the count charges reads: "That you, Quadri Misbau Olamilekan, sometime
between July, 2022 and May, 2022 or thereabout, in Ilorin, Kwara State within
the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did knowingly have under your control
the sum of N6,505,000 (Six Million Five Hundred and Five Thousand Naira Only)
in your Carbon Limited account with the name Quadri Olamilekan which is
reasonably suspected to have been unlawfully obtained and thereby committed an
offence contrary to and punishment under Section 319 (A) of the Penal Code Law"
The
defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges, when they were read to
them. Following their guilty pleas, EFCC’s
counsels: Aliyu Adebayo, Andrew
Akoja and Isabel Adeniran, prayed
the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
The
two Justices in their verdict agreed with the prosecution and pronounced the
defendants guilty.
Justice Abdulgafar sentenced Olamilekan to
twelve months imprisonment, which would be suspended and ordered the forfeiture
of the convict’s two phones and the sum of $800 (Eight Hundred United States
Dollars) to the Federal Government. In
the same vein, the court sentenced Oladele to
six months imprisonment with an option of fine of N350,000 (Three Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Naira Only) and ordered that the sum of $250 (Two Hundred and
Fifty United States Dollars) and one iphone 12 belonging to the convict be
forfeited to the government.
Justice
Abdulgafar equally sentenced Abiodun to twelve months imprisonment, which would
be suspended and ordered the forfeiture of one iphone 7 belonging to him and
the sum of N210,000 (Two Hundred and Ten Thousand Naira Only) to the government.
The
judge also sentenced Ishola to six months imprisonment with an option of fine
of N150,000 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only) and ordered that the
convict’s iphone 12 and the sum of $400 (Four Hundred United States Dollars) be
forfeited to the government.
Justice
Akinpelu also sentenced Awolola
to six months imprisonment with an option of fine of N100,000 (One Hundred
Thousand Naira Only) and ordered the forfeiture of the convict’s iphone 13, one
Dell Laptop and the sum of $40 (Forty United States Dollars) to the government.
The
convicts’ journey to the Correctional Centre started when they were arrested by
operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC for internet-related
offences. They were charged to
court and convicted.
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