Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Poly Student, Two Others Jailed Four Months for Internet Fraud

Justice P.I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, convicted three persons, including an undergraduate in a Southwest-based Polytechnic, who were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The convicts bagged four months jail term for involving in cyber-related crimes. They are Segun Isaac (a Polytechnic student, who duped his victims under the name Tracie Morgan); Olamide O. Samuel and Afolabi Wasiu. They were charged with obtaining under false pretence, an offence contrary to Section 22(3) (b) and punishable under Section 22(4) of the Cy…