The convicts are: Odumu Emmanuel, Ikwe Daniel Adawu, Audu Abdulgafar Idowu, Benedict Udochukwu Ezeokole, Lawrence Ndubisi and Clement David Onoja.
They were convicted of fraudulent impersonation, contrary to Section 22 and of the Cybercrime Act, 2015 and sentenced to various jail terms, after pleading guilty to the charges preferred against them. Odumu was sentenced to two years imprisonment with an option of a N1million naira fine and will forfeit his iPhone and laptops to the Federal Government of Nigeria.Ikwe was sentenced to three years imprisonment with an option of N2 million naira fine. Benedict was sentenced to one-year imprisonment with the option of a N1 million fine. He is also to forfeit a Lexus 330 car, two laptops, an iPhone 13 Pro Max and iPhone 7 to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Clement was sentenced to one-year imprisonment with the option of N1million naira fine. He also forfeits an iPhone 11 to the Federal Government of Nigeria. Lawrence was sentenced to one-year imprisonment with the option of N1million naira fine. He was ordered to forfeit an iPhone 12 to the Federal Government of Nigeria.