Twenty internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo Boys, have hit the end of the road in their evil enterprise as they have been sentenced to varying jail terms.
According to a report by Thisday newspaper, they were convicted and sentenced to different jail terms by Justices Ladiran Akintola and Kamorudeen Olawoyin of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan.
They earned the key to jail after they pleaded guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on impersonation and obtaining money by false pretense.
The convicted Yahoo Boys are: Olanipekun Damilare Gbolahan, Shedrack Paul Victor, Victor Ogheneremu Kadri, idris Abdulazeez Gbolahan, Olaiya Nifemi Samuel, Aparimo Ogunfunminiyi Ojoola, Kasimawo Emmanuel Ayomide, Akintaro Isaac Oluwabamise, Oladokun Toheeb Adekola, Hamed Rafiu Olanrewaju and Rofeek Mayowa Ayoade.
Others are: Olayiwola Toheeb Olanrewaju, Olusegun-Ola Oreoluwa Casmir, Samson Rotimi, Enoch Fiyinfoluwa Omotoso, Omodele Peter Idowu, Ayinde Azeez Olamide, John Pascal Daniel, Akinkuade Fisayo Folarin and Olanese Bolaji Michael.
The convicts had been investigated and prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for their fraudulent internet activities.
When they were arraigned, all the fraudsters all pleaded “guilty” to the charges filed against them by the EFCC.
While Daniel, Omotoso, Rotimi, Casmir, Adekola, Oluwabamise, Ojoola and Gbolahan got one year imprisonment each, the other convicts bagged six months community service each.
They were, however, given options of fine except Olamide and Idowu.
Furthermore, they were ordered to restitute their various victims and forfeit all items recovered from them to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The convicts made their journeys into the Correctional Centre when they were arrested by operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the EFCC for internet- related offences. They were later prosecuted and convicted.