In Kwara, son of ex-Deputy Rector, others imprisoned for cybercrime

Olaoye Jamiu Olarewaju, the son of a former Deputy Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, has been sentenced by a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin for offences bordering on cybercrime.

Olaoye was sentenced to six months in prison with the option of a fine of N150,000.

Along with Olaoye, two others were sentenced by Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court for similar offenses.

Cybercriminals Badmus Ridwan Moyosore of Ibadan, Oyo State, and Abdulsalam Ibrahim of Malete, Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State, were also found guilty.

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On Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) Ilorin Zonal Command prosecuted the trio separately.

A witness testified against Olaoye, that he fraudulently defrauded one of his victims to the tune of $2,000, while the testimony against Badmus revealed that the defendant swindled his victim of the sum of $200.

The testimony against Abdulsalam was to the effect that he was involved in a “sugar baby relationship scam” and that over N18 million suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities passed through his account.

The convicts pleaded guilty to their respective charges.

Badmus was also sentenced to six months imprisonment with N100,000 as an option of fine.

While Abdulsalam was sentenced to six months imprisonment with N150,000 as an option of fine.

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The court, meanwhile, also ordered that an iPhone that he used to perpetrate the crime and the draft of N400,000.00 which Olaoye raised as restitution be forfeited to the Federal Government.

The forfeiture of two phones and a laptop used by Badmus and a Toyota Camry Car, two phones and a laptop used by Abdulsalam as instruments of the crime were ordered to be forfeited to the Federal Government.