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NIGERIAN MUSICIAN JAILED 20 YEARS FOR CYBER CRIME

The convicts began their journey to the Correctional Centre, when they were arrested by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC for internet-related offences.  Further investigations linked them with impersonation of foreigners. They defrauded both local and foreign victims in the process.

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September 13, 2022
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Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, has convicted and  sentenced a Lokoja- born musician, Onojah Emmanuel Samuel,  and two others to twenty years imprisonment for  offences bordering on cybercrime.

Samuel  was convicted on Monday, September 12, 2022 alongside Victor Atsumbe Kadiyamo and Jejelowo Segun,   after pleading guilty to separate count charges,  bordering on internet fraud. They were arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

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The charge against Samuel reads:

“That you, Onojah Emmanuel Samuel, sometime in May, 2022 at Lokoja, Kogi State within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court fraudulently impersonated one Richard Philips via your Instagram account linked to your gmail account: richardphilips6211@gmail.com with intent to obtain money from one Erika which you did obtain the sum of Eighty Pounds worth gift cards and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2) (ii) of Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same Act.”

Following their pleas, counsel to EFCC, Andrew Akoja reviewed the facts of the cases and prayed the judge to convict and sentence them accordingly.

In his judgment, Justice Sani convicted and sentenced Samuel  to three years imprisonment on counts one  and two, with an  option of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira Only) on each count. The court ordered that the phone used by the convict to commit the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.

Kadiyamo was also convicted and  sentenced to three years imprisonment on counts one, two  and three,   with options  of fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira Only) on counts one and two, while count three carried an option of fine of N54,194,680.00 (Fifty Four Million, One Hundred and Ninety Four Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty Naira Only). In addition, the convict forfeited  his phone and one Lexus car which he purchased with the proceeds of his unlawful activities to the government.

In the same vein, Segun was convicted and  sentenced to five  years imprisonment with an option of fine of  N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira Only). The judge, in addition,  ordered the forfeiture of his Toyota Matrix car and phone to the  Government.

The convicts began their journey to the Correctional Centre, when they were arrested by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC for internet-related offences.  Further investigations linked them with impersonation of foreigners. They defrauded both local and foreign victims in the process.

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