• EFCC has secured the conviction of 20 internet fraudsters known as Yahoo boys in Ogun and Osun states
• The fraudsters were sentenced on Wednesday, June 10, to different degrees of jail terms for impersonation
• The anti-graft agency in a statement said it convicted 17 in Abeokuta and 3 in Osogbo

Not less than 20 internet fraudsters met their waterloo as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) unleashed a clampdown on ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ boys.

The commission in a statement on its Facebook page on Thursday, June 11, said it secured the conviction of 17 internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, and 3 in Osogbo, Osun state.

The internet fraudsters were nabbed by men of its Ibadan zonal office.

According to the antigraft agency, the convicts were sentenced on Wednesday, June 10, to varying degrees of jail terms for impersonation by Justices Mohammed Abubakar and Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta

EFCC has secured the conviction of 20 internet fraudsters known as Yahoo boys.Photo credit: EFCC/ Facebook
Source: Facebook

The EFCC gave the name of the fraudsters as Olofuntuyi Ayofemi Ishola, Maja Toheeb, Laleye Olaoluwa, Janta Oluwafolabomi, Ashaba Franklin Unuagbon, Daniel Stephen Temitope, Yusuf Ayuba, Malojuekun Oluwatobi, and Aladejobi Adeshola.

Others include: Faniyi Jamiu Olalekan, Adegbamigbe Oluwabiyi Emmanuel, Oni Temidayo Victor, Ejiro Daniel, Kushimo Toheed, Olamilekan Adedeji, Adebanjo Olamide and Ikegbunam Chukwuemeka Chidebube.

The commission also noted that the convicts are to forfeit all items recovered to the federal government and return money to their respective victims.