Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Jails Man Two Years for $2000 Cybercrime in Lagos

Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July 3, 2025, convicted and sentenced one Olalere Kehinde Barnabas to two years imprisonment for internet fraud. Barnabas was arraigned today on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrime to the tune of $2000 (Two Thousand United States Dollars) brought against him by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The charge reads: “That you, OLALERE KEHINDE BARNABAS, sometime in 2023, at Lagos within the jurisdiction of this Honourable court, with intent to gain advan…