Four of the suspects arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) during a sting operation at the guest house located at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library have been convicted and sentenced.
Naijaonpoint reports the suspects were sentenced following their arraignment on Friday before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
According to a press release by the EFCC, the convicts, Bisiriyu Roqeeb Abiodun, Ibrahim Azeez Olatunji, Akinwale Isaac and Habeeb Oladipupo Oshundairo, are among the 93 suspected fraudsters arrested in a sting operation at a hotel within the precincts of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
They were arraigned on Friday on separate charges bordering on impersonation, identity and internet fraud.
The charge against Abiodun reads: “ That you, BISIRIYU ROQEEB ABIODUN (a.k.a ‘Sharon’) sometime in August, 2025 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, had in your possession a ‘Zangi’ Account no: 1037375804 wherein you fraudulently represented yourself as ‘Sharon’ a White American Female to one Cinton from Knoxville Tennessee through your ‘Zangi’ account which is connected to your Samsung Galazy S20 with no: 09070156448 with intent to gain advantage for yourself contrary to S. 22(2) (b) (i) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under S. 22(2) -(b) (iv) of the same law.”
The charge against Olatunji reads: “That you, Ibrahim Azeez Olatunji, sometime in August, 2025 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, fraudulently held yourself as one “Camila” on your google account; [email protected] with intent to gain advantage for yourself, thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act, 2015.”
One of the counts against Isaac reads: “That you, Akinwale Isaac (Male) sometime in 2025, within the Lagos Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, fraudulently held out yourself on your Whatsapp account, Monica and Daisy a Female, to unsuspecting members of the public, with intent to gain advantage for yourself and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition etc.) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2015.”
The charge against Oshundairo reads: “That you, Habeeb Oladipupo Oshundairo (Male) sometime in 2025, within the Lagos Judicial Division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, fraudulently held out yourself in your Gmail account,[email protected] to unsuspecting members of the public as an expert in service certificates and internal revenue preparer, with intent to gain advantage for yourself and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 22(2)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition etc.) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2015.”
They each pleaded “guilty” to the charges preferred against them.
In view of their guilty pleas, prosecution counsel, Franklin Ofoma and S.M. Yabo, respectively, called the investigative officers, Bamanga Mohammed, Umar Shuaib, and Usman Ciroma Suleman, to review the facts of the cases.
The prosecution counsel, thereafter, sought to tender in evidence the extra-judicial statements of the defendants, the mobile devices used to perpetrate the alleged crimes, forensic investigation documents printed from their devices, as well as bank drafts of restitution made by the defendants.
They were all admitted as exhibits by the court.
The judge, considering the defendants’ guilty pleas and the evidence presented by the prosecution, found the defendants guilty and convicted them accordingly.
Counsel to the defendants respectively pleaded with the Judge to “ temper justice with mercy,” adding that their clients were first-time offenders who have shown remorse.
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