Corps Member, 38 Others Convicted for Internet Fraud in
Ogun, Oyo
Osisi was convicted alongside thirty – eight others on a separate
one count charge each before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Omolara Adeyemi, Ladoke
Akintola, Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan and Justice
Opeyemi Sobowale of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta between November 21,
2022 and November 25, 2022.
The sentences range from a fine, one to six months community
service, and one year imprisonment.
Other convicts are Christopher Ehiabhi Ogbidi, Odewale
Johnson Olumide, Akinade Adeyeye Gbolahan Muyiwa, Chukwudi Emeka Samuel,
Ehinmowo Stephen Segun, Emmanuel Oluchukwu, Aboaba Olawale Joshua, Akinba
Oluwafemi Clement, Ayobami Temidayo Yusuf, Moshood Adeyinka Hammed, Gbolahan
Oluwasegun Ogunseitan, Ojo Aduragbemi Emmanuel, Adeosun Amos Adeoye, Opeyemi
Gbenga Omoyemi, Owolabi Gbadamosi Moses, Opeyemi Timilehin Akorede, Olawale
Sodiq Adeniyi, Oluwaseun Samuel Aboaba, Abidemi Nasir Idris and Odewale
Akindele Damilola.
The rest are Afolabi Jamiu Oluwadamilare, Adekomaya Adedoyin
Eniola, Kazeem Babajide Remilekun, Mustapha Adewumi Ayoade, Ajani Quareeb
Ajibola, Aineribhokun Abel Ernest, Isaac Chinedu Isaiah, Christopher Osarhemen
Ivuogbe, Dauda Kareem Oladayo, Basit Azeez Akande, Atilade Stephen Ogunniyi,
Temidayo Emmanuel Eyinla, Ajuwon Omobola Ibrahim, Adisa Ibrahim Olasunkanmi,
Akande Damilare Peter and Salami Victor Gbnega.
They all pleaded “guilty” to the charges filed against them
by the EFCC.
Upon their pleas, prosecution counsel, Modupe Akinkoye,
Oyelakin Oyediran, Oluwatoyin Owodunni, Chidi Okoli, Musa Galadanchi,
Shamsuddeen Bashir, Mabas Mabur and Abbulrasheed Suleiman reviewed the facts of
the cases, tendered several documents in evidence and urged the courts to
convict and sentence the defendants accordingly.
Consequently, Ajuwon, Ogunseitan and Ogunniyi were convicted
and sentenced to one year imprisonment each, Akinba to three months
imprisonment while Salami, Akande Damilare, Aineribhokun, Odewale Akindele,
Nasir, Akorede, Owolabi, OJo and Makinde bagged six months community service
each.
Furthermore, Adisa, Basit Azeez, Ivuogbe, Ajibola, Moshood
and Yusuf were convicted and sentenced to five months community service each.
Eyinla, Isaac, Omoyemi, Ogbidi, Oluchukwu, Afolabi, Adekomaya, Ayoade, Ayoade,
Oloyede and Olawale Joshua were sentenced to three months community service
each while Oladayo bagged four months community service.
Also, Adeoye was convicted and sentenced to one month imprisonment
and one month community service, Akinade to two months community service,
Aboaba and Olawale to one month community service each while Odewale Johnson,
Chukwudi and Ehinmowo were convicted and ordered to pay N150, 000.00 (One
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) fine each.
The convicts were ordered to restitute their various victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
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