Courts Jail Self-styled Music Producer, 1 Different For Web Fraud In Kwara

Justice Abimbola Awogboro of Federal Excessive Court docket sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State has sentenced a 25-year-old self-styled music producer, Wonderful Olamiposi to 6 months imprisonment for acquiring the sum $3,000 beneath false pretence.

Equally, Justice Sulaiman Akanbi of the Kwara State Excessive Court docket in Ilorin convicted a 25-year-old Saheed Oyolola over offences bordering on cybercrime.

The 2 web fraudsters had been prosecuted on separate expenses by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC).

The convicts had been among the many 47 suspects arrested by operatives of the EFCC throughout a sting operation carried out on Might 7, 2025, throughout varied cybercrime hideouts in Kwara State.

Olamipisi was accused of fraudulently impersonated one Bella, a resident of United State of America typically between October, 2023 to December, 2023, by her image downloaded from Tiktok.

The EFCC stated the intention was to acquire the overall sum of $3,000.00 from one Michael John, thereby committing an offence opposite to Part 22 (2)(b)(ii) of the cybercrime (prohibition prevention) Act, 2015 which is punishable beneath Part 22 (2)(b)(IV) of the identical Act.

For his half, Oyolola, someday in January 2025, in Ilorin cheated by personation when he pretended to be one David Chris, a white male primarily based in United State of America, with Gmail username: [email protected], by which he induced one Jerryd, to ship the sum of $125 obtained by way of Present card.

Prosecutor stated the offence was in contradiction of Part 321 of the penal code regulation and punishable beneath Part 324 of the identical regulation.

Each defendants pleaded responsible to their respective cost.

Following their pleas, EFCC counsel, Mustapha Kaigama, reviewed the information of the instances and introduced displays together with the defendants’ confessional statements, cellular gadgets recovered at level of arrest, and in Wonderful’ case, a white Lexus RX 350 bought with proceeds of crime.

Delivering judgment, Justice Awogboro sentenced Wonderful to 6 months’ imprisonment with an possibility of N500,000 high quality.

The court docket additionally ordered the forfeiture of his iPhone XS Max, iPhone 7, and the Lexus car to the federal authorities.

In the identical vein, Justice Akanbi sentenced Oyolola to 2 years imprisonment with an possibility of N500,000 high quality.

The convict’s iPhone XR, Techno Pop 8, and the restituted $125 had been additionally forfeited to the federal authorities.