A 24-year-old undergraduate of Kwara state University, Malete, Alonge Toyyib, was on Thursday sentenced to one-year imprisonment by Kwara State High Court over offences bordering on cybercrime and possession of fraudulent funds. Alonge pleaded guilty to the charge. Following his plea, counsel to the EFCC, Rasheedat Alao, presented a witness, Kamaluddeen Yahayah, to review the facts of the case. Yahayah, who is an operative of the EFCC in his evidence, narrated the circumstances that led to Alonge’s arrest. Justice Akinpelu, in her judgement on the case, sentenced Alonge to six months imprisonment on each of the two counts with N100,000 as fine on each count.

Source: Punch January 21, 2022 06:50 UTC