The lengthy arm of the regulation has caught up with a gospel singer and eight others, as courts in Ilorin, Kwara State, sentenced them to various jail phrases for cybercrime, conspiracy, and misappropriation of funds.
The convictions adopted separate prosecutions by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC).
Otitoju Moses Sesan, a 31-year-old gospel artiste from Iyamoye in Ijumu LGA of Kogi State, was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment with out an possibility of a advantageous by Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal Excessive Court docket, Ilorin.
Otitoju, who claimed in his assertion to be a well-liked performer at weddings, naming ceremonies, and funerals in Lokoja, was discovered responsible of retaining over ₦8.4 million proceeds of illegal actions in his checking account.
The cost towards him partly learn:
“That you just, OTITOJU MOSES SESAN, someday between October 2024 and December 2025, inside the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court docket, did retain management of the gross sum of ₦8,404,339 in your UBA account, being proceeds of prison conduct, thereby committing an offence opposite to and punishable underneath Part 17(a) and (b) of the EFCC Act, 2004.”
Otitoju was convicted alongside Ayodele Joseph Daisi, Adeoye Joseph, and Abubakar Aliyu Abdulmalik, who had been additionally arraigned by the EFCC on related costs.
Ayodele was sentenced to eight months imprisonment with out an possibility of advantageous after being discovered to have retained ₦243,750 in his UBA account. His Techno 19 system was ordered forfeited to the Federal Authorities.
Adeoye, from Okene LGA in Kogi State, obtained eight months imprisonment with out the choice of a advantageous. The courtroom additionally ordered the forfeiture of $220, an iPhone 13, and a Techno Pop 9 cellphone.
Abubakar was sentenced to 6 months in jail, with the courtroom ordering the forfeiture of his iPhone 16 and Samsung S10 to the federal government.
EFCC counsel Aliyu Adebayo, Sesan Ola, Rashidat Alao, and Mustapha Kaigama prosecuted the instances, tendering confessional statements, reveals, and sums recovered as restitution, all of which had been admitted in proof.
In a associated growth, Justices Haleema Saleeman and Sulaiman Akanbi of the Kwara State Excessive Court docket convicted Emeka Oluwatobi Achi, Isaac Babalola Oluwafemi, Afolabi Religion Olatoye, Zubeiru Zubeiru Junior, and Abdulkadir Taofeek on costs starting from cybercrime to misappropriation.
Justice Akanbi sentenced Abdulkadir to a few years imprisonment with an possibility of a ₦500,000 advantageous, and ordered the ultimate forfeiture of ₦800,000, an iPhone 14 Professional Max, and a Samsung cellphone to the Federal Authorities.
Justice Saleeman sentenced Emeka, Isaac, and Afolabi to 6 months imprisonment every, with an possibility of ₦100,000 advantageous. Emeka was additional ordered to refund ₦3.35 million inside three months and to report back to the EFCC each fortnight along with his mother and father till full compensation is made.
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