For Christopher Adetuberu , service year as as a youth ‘corper’ will be memorable though in a negative way.
His involvement in Yahoo Yahoo, which is Internet fraud, has earned him two years imprisonment – even while he is still a member of the National Youths Service Corps.
A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday convicted the young man serving in Ogbomosho, Oyo state.
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the conviction.
The Presiding Judge, Justice Ibrahim Yusuf said that Adetuberu, 28, was found guilty of the two-count of cyber-crime preferred against him.
Yusuf sentenced the defendant to two years imprisonment with N200,000 as option of fine, adding that his conviction would serve as a deterrent to others.
The court also ordered the forfeiture of a 3-bedroom flat acquired with the proceeds of the illegal activities.
Other items forfeited include a lexus car, different brands of cellphones, a laptop, as well as the sum N921, 535.49 found in his bank account to the Federal Government.
Adetuberu, an indigene of Ilesha, Ilesha West Local Government Area of Osun was arrested at Ogele area of Eyenkorin, Ilorin.
The convict had in the course of investigation revealed that he ventured into ‘Yahoo Yahoo Business’ in 2016 and had among other things built a house with the proceeds of the illegal activities.
