Over 14 Yahoo Boys Sentenced to Prison by Court in Abuja

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 By Judith Agada __

A young man named Emmanuel Ndubuisi Jr, a chronic Internet fraudster popularly referred to as "Yahoo" and others identified as Obinna Favour, Azuh Chidubem, Christopher Enaho, Abdullahi Sani, Atoyebi Damilare James, Chinonso Peter and Israel Samuel have been sentenced to jail over internet related Offences on Monday in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court Kubwa by Justice O. I. Adelaja.

Others includes Matthew Gideon, Eugene Joseph Boniface and Derick Beshel, Suleiman Dauda, Aliu Dauda, Ikechukwu Idris and Godwin Ifeanyi who are all sentenced in internet fraud related offences after pleading to the one-count charges forechoosed against them.

Justice Adelaja convicted and sentenced Emmanuel Ndubuisi known as Junior to one year jail term or an option of Two Million Naira (N2,000, 000) fine based on their pleas in the Court.

The Judge forfeited $7,800 to the Federal Government also, while Favour bagged one year jail term or an option of One Million Naira (N1,000, 000) fine.

On the case of Chidubem, he bagged one year jail term with an option of fine of One Million Naira (N1,000,000), while Ifeanyi bagged one year jail term or a fine of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000) respectively.

Others who are convicted had non-custodial sentencing of diverse hours of Community Service under the supervision of the officers of the Correctional Service in various locations. All convicts are also to forfeit their phone sets to the Federal Government of Nigeria said by the Judge.

According to the Justice Adelaja in his speech in one of the charges against Mr. Junior, he read; "you Emmanuel Ndubuisi Junior aka Daniel Howard sometime in 2021 within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court did cheat by personation when you misrepresented yourself to be one Daniel Howard a citizen of Brazil and a crypto investment manager on Gmail address danielhowardsteve@gmail.com with intent to defraud whereby you obtained the sum of Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($7, 800) from one Sophia and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 321 of the Penal Code Act (Abuja) Cap 532 , LFN 2004 and punishable under Section 324 of the same Act".

The convicts lamented their fate as they were escorted out of the court premises by the men of the Nigeria Correctional Service Officers.

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