Internet fraud: EFCC clears air over Victor Odeh’s true age

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday cleared the air over the true age of Victor Oche Odeh who was convicted for internet fraud.

The EFCC in a statement said its attention has been drawn to some insinuations and contrived accounts of the conviction of Odeh by Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 21, 2023.

Odeh was among five undergraduates convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment each after pleading guilty to a one-count separate charge bordering on internet fraud.

The other convicts are: Chidebere Stanley Opara (a.k.a. Avail Hollywood), Manasseh Sefa Ephraim (a.k.a. Felicia_dannyyels), Chukwukere Obinna Paul (a.k.a. Shaun Lee) and Enyogu Etim Ekpo (a.k.a. Henry Wilson, Jasdav7).

EFCC in a statement dated July 11, 2023, said the ages of all the convicts, including Odeh’s, were not stated.

“For the purpose of clarity, Odeh is 19 years old. All the false narratives being bandied about in some section of the social media that he is seven years old should be ignored,” the Commission said.

The EFCC added that it did not “parade” the convict and is not a court of law that rightfully convicted him.

It stated that facts are sacred while information about the offence, prosecution, conviction and sentence of Odeh is on all the EFCC’s social media platforms.

“The public is enjoined to ignore any hoopla connected to his conviction,” the Commission said.