The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of four persons, including a 21-year-old cinematographer, Abiodun Ayomide, from Ikirun, in Ifelodun Local Council of Osun State, for offences bordering on personation and Internet fraud.

Others are: Bello Damola Lateef from Ilorin, Kwara State; Azeez Ibrahim Olarewaju from Ona-ara Local Council of Oyo State and Aderoju Ridwan Kayode from Oshogbo, Osun State.

Ayomide and Lateef were prosecuted on separate charges before Justice Adebayo Yusuf, while Olarewaju and Kayode were prosecuted before Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin.

The defendants pleaded guilty to their respective charges.

Following their guilty pleas, Innocent Mbachie, Rashidat Alao and Isabel Adeniran, who prosecuted the cases on behalf of the Commission reviewed the facts of the cases and tendered exhibits, which were admitted in evidence.

They urged the courts to hold that the prosecution had proved the essential ingredients of the cases to warrant the defendants’ conviction.
In his judgment, Justice Yusuf sentenced Ayomide to six months imprisonment on each of the four counts with an option of N100,000 on each count.

The judge ordered that one Toyota Camry, 2007 model, the sum of $200 and N100,000, which the convict brought as restitution; HP laptop and iPhone 8 Plus, be forfeited to the Federal Government.

Justice Yusuf also sentenced Bello to six months imprisonment with an option of N50, 000 fine.

The court ordered that one iPhone 7 and HP laptop, which were used to perpetrate the crime and the sum of $500 be forfeited to the Federal Government.

Similarly, Justice Akinpelu sentenced Olarewaju to three months imprisonment with an option of N100,000 fine.
The court ordered the convict to forfeit the sum of $200 and one iPhone XR to the Federal Government.

Kayode on the other hand bagged six months imprisonment with an option of N200,000 fine.

Justice Akinpelu ordered the convict to forfeit his Lexus ES 350 car, the sum of N403, 000, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone XR and HP laptop to the Federal Government.