High Court Gives Five Yahoo Boys Jail Time After EFCC Captures Them

Five Yahoo boys were sentenced to various jail terms by the Federal High Court in Ilorin on Monday for offenses involving cybercrime and other forms of internet fraud.

The conviction was obtained by the EFCC’s Ilorin Zonal Command.

Laoshe Olajide, Akinbohun Stephen, Hammed Babatunde, Lawal Faruq, and David Ezekiel are among those who have been found guilty.

Justice Muhammed Sani, who delivered the verdict, found the defendants guilty, finding truth in the prosecutors’ case.

On charges 1 and 2, the judge sentenced Olajide to three months in jail, with a fine of N50,000 as an option.

The Apple iPhone 6, which was utilized as a tool for the crime, was ordered to be seized and handed over to the federal government by the court.

Babatunde was sentenced to six months in prison, with the option of a N100,000 fine and the forfeiture of any assets and funds obtained during the act to the Federal Government.

Stephen, Ezekiel, and Faruq were each sentenced to a year in prison, with the option of a fine of N250,000 and forfeiture of their cellphones, laptops, automobiles, and any money found to the Federal Government.

The defendants accepted the charges against them pleading guilty to all.

The prosecutors, Aliyu Adebayo, Andrew Akoja, and Rasheedat Alao, told the court of the offenders’ plea bargain agreements with the EFCC following their guilty pleas.

They requested the court to find the individuals guilty of the charges against them and sentence them in accordance with the plea bargains.