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.EFCC secures the conviction of three yahoo boys in Abuja
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.
