A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has sentenced an undergraduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Mr. Olasaidi Dare, 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.
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has sentenced an undergraduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Mr. Olasaidi Dare, 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.
Senator Ola himself, along with his café manager, is standing trial at an Ekiti State High Court, Ado-Ekiti over illegal use of his premises and failure to register his cyber café appropriately.
In a statement, the EFCC recalled that in March 2008 it raided illegal cybercafés nationwide, leading to the arrest and exposure of owners of such unregistered businesses.
Dare was arrested on March 31st, 2008 at Friendly’s Cyber Café located at Friendly’s Hotel on Adebayo Street, Ado-Ekiti. The EFCC said he had been attempting to defraud an un-suspecting victim overseas using the café’s Internet facilities.
Sentencing Dare, Justice Shuaibu ordered that his imprisonment take effect from the date of his arrest.
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