A couple has been convicted by the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan for their involvement in cybercrime.
The couple, Aladenusi Ayodeji and Sadiat Rafiu were sentenced alongside six others, according to the Head of Media and Publicity, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwujaren.
Others who were sentenced for the crime on Monday are Kolapo Adekoya, Emmanuel Adekanmi, Berry Omokaro, Lawrence Ajayi, Samuel Babalola and Toheeb Bolaji.
They were charged by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC.
The eight convicts pleaded guilty to the charges.
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Consequently, the prosecution counsel, Samsuddeen Bashir, reviewed the facts of the cases and urged the court to sentence them accordingly.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Iyabode Yerima sentenced Ayodeji to one-year imprisonment and his wife, Rafiu, a nursing mother, to six months of community service.
Also, Babalola was convicted and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment while Adekoya, Adekanmi, Omokaro, Ajayi and Bolaji were sentenced to six months of community service each.
The court ordered the convicts to restitute their victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government.
In a similar development, 10 cybercriminals were convicted on November 4 and sentenced to various jail terms ranging from three months’ imprisonment to one-year jail by Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the state High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State.