Metro
Two bag jail terms for cyber crime in Abeokuta
Peter Ariyo Joshua and Oluwamuyiwa Samuel Arowosola (a.k.a Oluwadamilare, Perry Black, Willie Amashanti and Sonex Newton) on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, bagged jail terms from Justices Muhammed Abubakar and Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta Division, Ogun State, for internet fraud.
The duo was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, on one-count charge of criminal impersonation, contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(i) of the Cyber Crime (Prohibition, Prevention Etc) Act, 2015, and punishable under Section 22(2)(b) of the Act, to which they pleaded guilty.
Upon their plea, the prosecution team of Dr. Ben Ubi and Oyelakin Oyediran urged the courts to convict and sentence them accordingly.
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