The Adamawa State High Court has convicted and sentenced twelve internet fraudsters to various jail terms following their arraignment by the Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The sentencing, delivered by Justices Kayanson Samuel Lawanson, Hammed Isha, Benjamin Manji Lawal, and Mohammed Ibrahim Tola, followed the defendants’ guilty pleas to charges of cheating and impersonation.
The convicts include Oladele Pius, Emmanuel Bulus, Elijah Elisha, Alamin Mohammed Bappa, Jamilu Usman, Enoch Solomon, Emmanuel Anthony, Enebeli Samuel Israel, Dimas Hyellabulatin, Emmanuel Dike, Joshua Umoru, and Dan Eden Sunday.
Each convict was arraigned between November 6 and 7 on separate charges. One charge against Alamin Muhammad Bappa revealed he had created fake Gmail and Facebook accounts under the name “Jacob Sermon” to pose as a cybersecurity professional, defrauding unsuspecting foreign nationals of $20 per service fee.

Another charge against Oladele Pius accused him of impersonating a foreign national, “Legit Hassan Abbadin,” using WhatsApp for fraudulent financial transactions.
Upon arraignment, all defendants pleaded guilty. Prosecution counsels Saad H. Sa’ad and M.D. Aliyu urged the court to convict and sentence them accordingly. However, defence counsels pleaded for leniency.
Justice Lawanson sentenced Bulus, Elisha, Usman, and Israel to ten years imprisonment or a fine of ₦200,000 each. Hyellabulatin received five years imprisonment or a fine of ₦200,000.
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Justice Tola sentenced Dike, Umoru, Sunday, and Pius to five years imprisonment with an option of a ₦2,000,000 fine each.
Justice Lawal sentenced Bappa and Solomon to five years imprisonment or a fine of ₦200,000 each and ordered the return of $20 recovered from Bappa during investigations into his victim.
Justice Isha sentenced Emmanuel Anthony to ten years imprisonment or a fine of ₦300,000.
The court ruled that all mobile phones recovered during investigations be forfeited to the federal government of Nigeria.
The convicts were arrested on September 24 near Modibo Adamawa University of Technology, Yola, following actionable intelligence linking them to cybercrime activities.