Justices Efe Ikponwonba and M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin-City, has convicted eight internet fraudsters to sixteen (16) years imprisonment.
They were convicted on Monday and Tuesday, 2022, after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge, bordering on possession of documents containing false pretence, fraudulent misrepresentation and impersonation.
The convicts are: Nosa Osasuyi, Osayande Prosper, Egwabor Jim Uloma, Enofe Macaulay, Ige Damilola Oluwaseun, Omotehinse Joshua Oriade, Rawlings Nnaomi Nwabunwanne and Temitayo Temenu Temitope..
While Justice Ikpomwonba convicted Osasuyi, Prosper and Uloma; Nwabunwanne and Temitope, Macaulay, Oluwaseun and Oriade were convicted by Justice Itsueli.
