The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the EFCC on Monday, July 18, 2022, arraigned one Al-amin Idris before Justice Musa Mustapha of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on one count charge of cheating to the tune of N2,000,000.00 (Two Million Naira).
Also, Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has ordered the remand of Ridge Koripamo in prosecution custody for alleged conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences.
Koripamo was re-arraigned alongside his daughter, Esther Tombara Krukrubo and their Company, Priko Nigeria Ltd, on Friday July 15, 2022 by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and EFCC on an amended eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence.
Similarly, the Benin Zonal Command of the EFCC on Monday July 18, 2022, secured the conviction of six internet fraudsters before Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City for fraud.
The convicts are Imariable Aisosa Collins, Ofuoku Raymond Diamond, Peace Omaghomi, Eze Solomon, Akeer Kelly and Nonso Nwakor
They were arraigned separately on one count charge bordering on intent to defraud and fraudulent personation. They impersonated foreign nationals to defraud unsuspecting victims.
In another development, Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court in Ilorin on Monday, July 18, 2022, convicted a 26-year-old Computer Engineer, Olabisi Damilola Samuel from Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State and two others for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities.
The two others are Ajayi Opeyemi Olayemi, a DJ from Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State and one Timothy Abidemi Olakunle from Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC prosecuted the trio on separate charges to which they pleaded guilty
In same vein, the EFCC on July 15, 2022, secured the conviction of one Kelvin Tobe Igboamaeze before Justice M. Zubairu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kurudu, Abuja on a four count charge bordering on cheating by personation.
