In Osogbo, Osun State, the Federal High Court has sentenced five men to prison for cyber-stalking and defrauding the former Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, of N38 million.
These individuals strategically released a 13-second nude video of Owoeye in 2018, exploiting the footage to extort the mentioned sum from him.
The video portrayed Owoeye confronted by individuals who falsely accused him of engaging in a ritualistic act within their community.
The convicted individuals—Kazeem Agbabiaka, Rasheed Ojonla, Babatunde Oluajo, Adebiyi Kehinde, Femi Oseni, and Oyebanji Oyeniyi—were brought before the court on October 19, 2018, facing charges of conspiracy, advance fee fraud, and cyber-stalking.
Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel said the convicts operated like a web syndicate, subjecting their victims to hardship and so, they deserved no leniency.
He subsequently passed a guilty verdict on them and sentenced Agbabiaka, Oyeniyi, Ojonla and Oluajo to five years imprisonment for conspiracy and advance free fraud.
The judge, however, discharged and acquitted Ismaila Azeez on the count bordering on cyberstalking, but found Oseni guilty of the same charge and sentenced him to five years imprisonment.
