Nigerian court jails two for internet fraud in Kaduna

Justice Hauwa’u Bubari of the Federal High Court in Kaduna has sentenced the duo of Audu Ishida and Elisha Smith to six years imprisonment for fraud.

Ishida and Smith were prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on separate counts bordering on impersonation, retention of proceeds of fraud and money laundering.

According to a post on EFCC’s X handle on Thursday, they pleaded guilty to the charges read to them, prompting prosecution counsel, M.E. Eimonye, to urge the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.

After listening to the plea of the defence counsel, the judge convicted and sentenced Smith to four years imprisonment or a fine of N500,000, while he convicted and sentenced Ishida to two years imprisonment or a fine of N400,000.

Besides their prison terms, they forfeited their mobile phones, a Samsung Galaxy S10e and Oppo F1s.

Both convicts, according to EFCC, were arrested in Jos, Plateau State, following intelligence that linked them with fraudulent internet activities.