Oyo and Ogun states High Courts sitting in Ibadan and Abeokuta respectively have recovered N16.3m from 27 suspects convicted for cybercrimes.
The convicts were sentenced to various jail terms ranging from one to one-year imprisonment and eighteen months of community service in Oyo and Ogun states respectively.
The suspects were arraigned by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Omolara Adeyemi, Ladiran Akintola and Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu of the Oyo and Ogun States High Courts, Ibadan and Abeokuta.
The suspects were arraigned and prosecuted on one count charge each which bordered on impersonation and obtaining property by false pretence.
Upon their arraignment, they all pleaded “guilty” to the charges filed against them by the Commission.
Also, the convicts were ordered to restitute their various victims and forfeit items recovered from them, including the sum of N16.3million domiciled in the new-generation banks.
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