The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned and
secured the convictions of three Internet fraudsters, fondly referred to
as “yahoo-yahoo boys”, on December 18, 2018.
The boys; Emeka
Anyanechi Ekene, 27; Anthony Oghuma, 26, and Onokebhagbe Okouromi
Franklin, 25 were brought before Justice D.Z. Senchi of a Federal
Capital Territory, FCT High Court, Jabi, for various offences bordering
on Internet fraud.
Ekene was arraigned on a four-count charge
bordering on cheating, and for specializing in inducing his victims
through a Facebook account, to part with their hard earned money. The
offence contravenes Section 95 of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation
of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990.
Oghuma, on his part, was arraigned on a
one-count charge, bordering on obtaining by false pretence. He
allegedly induced a Canadian who goes simply by the name, David, to
transfer N2 million to him. The offence contravenes Section 320 (a) of
the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990 and
punishable under Section 322 of the same Law.
Franklin was
arraigned on a four-count charge, bordering on obtaining by false
pretence, for inducing a New York-based divorcee who goes by the name,
Mary, posing as Peter Mark, a Contractor based in Malaysia.
He
swindled Mary of $10,000 (about N3.6million) and lured her to send him
several expensive gadgets including: Apple Macbook Laptop, Apple Iphone
X, Apple Iphone 7, amongst others. His offence contravenes Section 320
(a) of the Penal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (Abuja) 1990
and punishable under Section 322 of the same law.
They did not waste the time of the court as they all pleaded “guilty” to the charges.
Their journey to prison followed an intelligence report received by the EFCC on November 30, 2018, concerning the fraudulent activities of some fraudsters, housed by one Alheri E. B. Sajo, at Cluster 4, River Park in Abuja.
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