The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has convicted three additional people who were detained at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) complex for internet fraud after a court found four of the four people guilty at a hotel in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The defendants each entered a guilty plea to the charge that was brought against them on Monday, according to the Federal High Court in Lagos, Justice Deinde Dipeolu, the judge’s temporary judge.
Adenekan Ayinde, Oyatokun Qudus, and Adisa Okikiade, three of the 93 suspected internet fraudsters detained on August 10, 2025, at a pool party held by the EFCC, make up the larger group of those detained.
The total number of people who have been found guilty by the court has now reached seven with the conviction of these three. At their arraignment on Friday, August 15, 2025, Justice Dipeolu had previously found four others guilty. The prosecution’s EFCC, which is in charge, announced that it would start a batch of the other suspects’ arraignments after they were arraigned at the OOPL.
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Adenekan Ayinde was charged with one count of attempting to defraud himself of a white woman from the United States of America on his Google account on Monday, violating and punishable by Section 22 (2) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act. Act, 2015. “
He entered a guilty plea and confirmed to the court that the victim of his crime had already received money in the sum of N200,000. Saadatu Yabo, the prosecutor for the EFCC, also submitted an iPhone 14 Pro Max as an exhibit, which the defense attorneys were able to object to.
Adenekan was given a month’s imprisonment by Justice Dipeolu with the option of a N300,000 fine after reviewing the evidence.
Oyatokun Qudus, a second convict, was allegedly the one who allegedly falsely identified himself as white woman Eric Melissa on an Instagram account in an effort to gain unfair advantage. He was also found guilty and given a month in prison with the option of receiving a N300,000 fine.
Source: Channels TV
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