Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Court Rejects Plea Bargain, Jails Internet Fraudster One Year, Two Others Bag Five Months

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division, on Monday May 27 rejected a plea bargain arrangement prepared to secure a light punishment for one Hassan Adesegun Adewale, who was found guilty of cybercrimes. Hassan, who was arraigned on a one-count amended charge of fraudulent impersonation by the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had entered into the arrangement that proposed a six-month jail term as punishment for the crime. But the judge held that the proposed punishment was too light, adding that it would not serve the…