Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Judge Rejects Plea Bargain, Sends Internet Fraudster to Jail

Apparently disgusted by the negative effect the activities of internet fraudsters impose on Nigeria’s image, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan Judicial Division, on Monday, May 6, 2019, rejected the terms of plea bargain presented on behalf of Oladimeji Omotola Abiola, an internet fraudster. Instead of the six months prison term proposed in the plea bargain agreement, the judge sentenced Oladimeji to one year, saying too liberal sentencing would not achieve deterrence which was meant to be the spirit of the law against crimes. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commissi…