Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal Excessive Court docket in Lagos has convicted one other eight web fraudsters who had been arrested at a lodge inside the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) advanced in Ogun State.
Justice Dipeolu sentenced the convicts to completely different Jail phrases after they pleaded responsible to separate expenses of acquiring cash underneath false pretences, identification theft, and romance scams introduced in opposition to them by the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC).
The convicts had been amongst 93 suspects apprehended throughout a sting operation carried out on the Presidential Library advanced on August 9, 2025.
The anti-graft company knowledgeable the court docket that the offences violated the Cybercrime Act (Prohibition, Prevention, and many others.) Act 2015 and the EFCC Act 2004.
EFCC investigators supplied incriminating proof through the proceedings, together with iPhones and fraudulent paperwork retrieved from the defendants’ units, which linked them to on-line fraud.
A number of convicts admitted to incomes thousands and thousands of naira by way of romance fraud and introduced restitution as supervisor’s cheques.
The reveals, together with cellular units, statements, and cheques, had been admitted into proof by the court docket with out objection from defence counsel.
In his judgment, Justice Dipeolu held that the prosecution had efficiently confirmed its case past an inexpensive doubt by way of proof and the convicts’ responsible pleas.
The decide additionally held that the sentences would function punishment and a deterrent to convicts and different youths who might need to observe of their footsteps.
He sentenced Jinadu Gbenisola to a few months in jail with the choice of a N1 million tremendous, whereas Salami Basiru obtained the identical sentence however with an possibility of a N2 million tremendous.
The court docket ordered the forfeiture of their iPhones to the federal authorities.
In one other judgment, the court docket jailed Tijani Babatunde for 3 months with an possibility of a N1 million tremendous after pleading responsible to romance scams by way of which he earned between N5 million and N10 million.
The convict additionally forfeited his iPhone 13 and was refunded N4 million by way of {bank} draft.
One other convict, David Ogunmuyiwa, who was arrested with an iPhone 16, bagged one month in jail or a N500,000 tremendous.
The decide additionally ordered him to forfeit the machine and pay restitution of N70,000.
Justice Dipeolu additionally sentenced Agada Prosper to a few months in jail, a N750,000 tremendous, and the forfeiture of his iPhone 12 Professional Max.
Awal Yusuf, who obtained $600 from his sufferer by way of romance fraud, was sentenced to a few months in jail with the choice of a N1 million tremendous. His iPhone 11 and a $300 supervisor’s cheque had been additionally forfeited to the federal government.
The court docket additionally jailed Amsa Oluwatobi for 3 months, with the choice of a N1 million tremendous, the forfeiture of his iPhone 13, and a N500,000 {bank} draft he introduced to the EFCC.
The eighth convict, Yusuf Damilola, who pleaded responsible to acquiring $6,000 Canadian and $150 by way of romance scams, was sentenced to 6 months in jail or a N6 million tremendous,
The decide additionally ordered that his iPhone 12 and a N1 million supervisor’s cheque, which he introduced to the EFCC, be forfeited to the federal authorities.
In the meantime, one defendant who pleaded not responsible has been remanded in custody pending trial.
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