Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Internet Fraud Suspect Makes U Turn, Begs for Plea Bargain

A 24 year-old Internet fraud suspect, Babatunde Muhammad Bashir, who is being prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, before Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court on four counts of internet fraud today informed the court of his decision to enter into a plea bargain negotiation with the prosecution. The defendant had on October 8, 2019 pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the four count information brought against him by the EFCC. Count one of the charge reads, “That you, Babatunde Muhammad Bashir on or about the 20th day of September 2019 in Il…