Undergraduate Sentenced To 5-Years Imprisonment Over Internet Fraud

A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has sentenced an undergraduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye to five years imprisonment over an attempt to obtain money under false pretences in a cyber café belonging to a former member of the National Assembly, Senator Olabode Ola in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Justice Lawal Shuaibu, who sentenced the convict, Olasaidi Dare, ordered that his imprisonment should take effect from March 31, 2008 — the day he was arrested at Friendly's Cyber Café  located inside Friendly's Hotel  along Adebayo Street, Ado-Ekiti, while attempting to defraud  an unsuspecting victim overseas.