In Ilorin, Five People Have been Sentenced to Prison for Online Fraud.

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 On Friday, the Federal High Court in Ilorin sentenced five people to varied prison terms for offenses including cyber fraud.

Ololade Olabisi and Segun Samson of Lagos, Issa Shamsudeen and Babatunde Saheed of Kwara, and Abdulmatin Akibu of Oyo State are the prisoners  

The convictions were obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Command.

Justice Muhammed Sani, who delivered the verdict, stated that the prosecutor had built a case against the defendants and found them guilty.

The offenders were sentenced to varied jail terms ranging from six months to one year, with the possibility of a fine.

All objects used as instruments of crime, like as phones and laptops, as well as money raised as reparations, must be forfeited to the federal government, according to the judge.

The defendants pleaded guilty to the anti-graft agency's separate allegations against them.

Innocent Mbachie, Aliyu Adebayo, and Andrew Akoja examined the facts of the case and presented all exhibits, which were acknowledged as evidence against the defendants, after entering their pleas.

The prosecution attorney encouraged the court to take into account the facts and circumstances of the case, the defendants' guilty pleas, and their extrajudicial declarations and convict them as charged.