The Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, presided over by Justice Iyabode Yerima has convicted and sentenced a couple; Aladenusi Ayodeji and Sadiat Rafiu to jail terms for cybercrime, NewsSpecng learnt.
A statement on Monday by the Head, Media and Publicity of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, stated that the couple was convicted alongside eight others on separate one count each.
Other convicts are Adekoya Ojo, Faruq Kolapo, Adekanmi Emmanuel, Omokaro Berry, Ajayi Lawrence, Babalola Samuel and Bolaji Toheeb.
All the convicts, the anti-graft agency said, pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against them by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC.
Consequently, prosecution counsel, Samsuddeen Bashir, reviewed the facts of the cases and urged the court to sentence the defendants accordingly.
Justice Yerima, thereafter, convicted Ayodeji to one imprisonment and his wife to six months community service, taking into account the fact that she is a breastfeeding mother.
Also, Babalola was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment while Adekoya, Adekanmi, Omokaro, Ajayi and Bolaji were sentenced to six months community service each.
The court ordered the convicts to restitute their various victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
