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This was disclosed in a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday.
According to the EFCC, the Ilorin zonal office of the commission secured the convictions on Tuesday, after the students identified as Joshua Ogizien, a 400 level student of the University of Ilorin, and Toheeb Muritala, a 200 level student of the Kwara State University (KWASU) appeared before Mahmood Abdulgafar, the presiding judge.
Two other persons, “Rasheed Afeez Temitope, a graduate of Bartholomew College of Health Technology, Shao, and one Olaoluwa Samuel from Lagelu Local Government of Oyo State”, were also convicted by the court on Tuesday.
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A Kwara High Court in Ilorin, on Tuesday, sentenced a 400 Level student of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), Joshua Ogizien, and three other persons, for offences bordering on internet fraud.
The Ilorin Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the convictions.
The three other convicts are Toheeb Muritala, a 200 Level Computer Science student, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, and Rasheed Temitope, a graduate of Bartholomew College of Health Technology, Shao.
Also sentenced is Olaoluwa Samuel of Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State.
Delivering judgment, Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar said the court relied on the plea of guilt entered by the defendants, the unchallenged testimonies of the prosecution witnesses and all the exhibits tendered.
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