Oyo: Ex-convict, others bag jail terms for cyber crime

A serving cybercrime convict, one Warith Ademola Hassan, who was sentenced to six months community service by Justice Bayo Taiwo of Oyo State High Court, Ibadan,  has been jailed again for cyber-related activities in the state.
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Hassan was re-arrested and prosecuted by Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on fresh charges of internet fraud, barely three months into  his six-month community service term.
 
He was arraigned on November 2, alongside six others before Justices Omolara Adeyemi and Iyabode Yerima of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan on a separate one-count charge each.
 
Other convicts are Adedayo Joel Olumide, Habeeb Gbolahan Amidu, Lawal Adesina Sherif, Ugbana Efemena Daniel, Obi Ogechukwu Frank and Osaze Bright Osayande.
 
They all pleaded “guilty” to the charges filed against them by the EFCC. Justice Adeyemi convicted and sentenced Hassan to three-month imprisonment, Osaze, two-month jail term and Obi, six-month community service.
 
Justice Yerima sentenced Ugbana, Lawal and Habeeb to six-month jail terms each and Adedayo, six-month community service.
 
In the same light, Justice Olusola Adetujoye of Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, on November 3, 2022 convicted and sentenced one Sodiq Babatunde Kajero to two-month community service for internet-related fraud.
 
The courts further ordered that the convicts restitute their various victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government.
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