Son Of Ex-Rector Of Federal Poly Offa Convicted Over Cybercrime

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, on Thursday, February 3, 2022 secured the conviction of Olaoye Jamiu Olarewaju, son of a former Deputy Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, over offenses bordering on cybercrime.

Son of former Rector of Federal Poly Offa convicted over cybercrime

A press release by the antigraft company says Olaoye was convicted alongside one Badmus Ridwan Moyosore, a local of Ibadan, Oyo State and one Abdulsalam Ibrahim from Malete in Moro Native Authorities Space of Kwara State, over related offence by Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State Excessive Court docket sitting in Ilorin.

The trio of Olaoye, Badmus and Abdulsalam, who have been prosecuted individually by the anti-graft company pleaded responsible to their respective fees.

Following their pleas, counsel to the EFCC, Rasheedat Alao known as witnesses who’re operatives of the Fee to evaluate the details of the instances.

In accordance with the witness who testified towards Olaoye, the defendant fraudulently defrauded one in every of his victims to the tune of $2,000 (Two Thousand United States {Dollars}), whereas the testimony towards Badmus revealed that the defendant swindled his sufferer the sum of $200 (Two Hundred United States {Dollars}).

In the identical vein, the testimony towards Abdulsalam was to the impact that he was concerned in “sugar child relationship rip-off” and that over N18million suspected to be proceeds of illegal actions handed by means of his account.

The additional-judicial statements of the defendants, fraudulent paperwork printed from their gadgets and gadgets recovered from them on the level of arrest have been tendered and admitted in proof.

Alao, thereafter urged the court docket to convict the defendants as charged.

In her judgment, Justice Akinpelu held that the EFCC had established its instances towards the defendants. Consequently, the court docket pronounced the defendants responsible.

The choose sentenced Olaoye to a time period of six months imprisonment with N150, 000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) as an choice of high-quality. The court docket additionally ordered that an iphone which he used to perpetrate the crime and the draft of N400,000.00 (4 Hundred Thousand Naira), which he raised as restitution be forfeited to the Federal Authorities.

Equally, Justice Akinpelu sentenced Badmus to 6 months imprisonment with N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) as choice of high-quality. Two telephones and a laptop computer utilized by the convict to perpetrate the crime have been additionally forfeited to the Federal Authorities.

Equally, Justice Akinpelu sentenced Abdulsalam to 6 months imprisonment with N150, 000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) as choice of high-quality.

The choose additionally ordered the forfeiture of a Toyota Camry Automobile, two telephones and a laptop computer utilized by the convict as an instrument of the crime to the Federal Authorities