Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU) have been sentenced to jail for cybercrime.
The students are identified as Animasahun Rokeeb Mayowa and Lawal Alamin Tewogbola.
At the court sitting on Tuesday, Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara state high court in Ilorin convicted the duo of offences bordering on cyber fraud.
Animasahun and Lawal, who are natives of Oyo and Offa in Oyo and Kwara states respectively, were prosecuted on separate charges by the Ilorin zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The defendants pleaded guilty to the charges against them.
Following their plea, Rasheedat Alao, counsel to the EFCC, through Salaudeen Abdulrasaq and Kaludeen Yahaya, who are operatives of the commission, reviewed the facts of the cases against Animasahun and Lawal.
The witnesses told the court how intelligence reports led to the arrest of the defendants in the Malete area of Kwara state with several incriminating documents.
The documents include their extra-judicial statements and iPhones were tendered and admitted in evidence.
Alao urged the court to consider the plea of the defendants, the extra-judicial statements, and exhibits tendered and convict them as charged.
Akinpelu, in her judgment, agreed that the prosecution had established its case against each of the defendants.
Two Varsity Students Jailed for Cybercrime in Ilorin
Two students of the Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, Animasahun Rokeeb Mayowa and Lawal Alamin Tewogbola were on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 convicted and sentenced to various jail terms. pic.twitter.com/xsQPeJFtjt
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Consequently, he pronounced them guilty.
The judge sentenced Animasahun to six months imprisonment with an option of a fine of N150,000.
The court ordered that a Toyota Camry car 2007 model, which was recovered from him at the point of arrest, and the iPhone which he used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the federal government.
Similarly, the judge sentenced Lawal to six months imprisonment on each of the two counts against him, which would run concurrently with the option of an N100,000 fine on each count.
The court also ordered the forfeiture of the sum of $225, which he benefited from the crime, and the iPhone 6, which was used as an instrumentality for the crime, to the federal government.
