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Ekiti: Trial of 19-yr-old cybercrime kingpin suffers setback due to judge’s transfer

23rd March 2021
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From Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti

The transfer of a presiding Judge in the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, Justice Uche Agomoh, on Tuesday stalled the trial of a 19-year-old Cybercrime kingpin, David Oritsegbeyiwa Ofoeyeno, for allegedly defrauding some girls by bullying and threatening them with their nude videos.

Four witnesses, three of which were Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti(ABUAD) female students and victims of Ofoeyeno cyber tricks and the Director of Students’ Affairs of the university, were expected to testify against the suspect, on Tuesday.

Ofoeyeno, a 300-level student of Media and Communication Studies in ABUAD, was being tried for allegedly defrauding students of the university and other institutions, by flaunting their nude videos, which he acquired through tricks and handiworks of other syndicates.

When the matter, which has reached a witness stage came up on Tuesday, Justice Agomoh announced to the court that she has been transfered to Ibadan, Oyo State Division of the Federal High Court.

The Jurist said: “Let me announce to this court that I have been transferred and I have just two days more to spend here in this Judicial Division.

“The Prosecution has four witnesses lined up for today and if I should begin with the trial, I can’t take all the four and there would be adjournment, so it is better to adjourn this case, so probably the case can be taken over by another Judg,”, she stated.

After the Prosecution and Defence Counsels had consented to the position canvassed by the Judge, Justice Ugomoh adjourned the case to April 22 for witnesses to testify in the matter.

The Prosecution was being midwifed by Akin Fadeyi Foundation in collaboration with ABUAD.

The Ofoeyeno’s prosecution commenced in 2020, after receiving litany of complaints from some students that the accused person had extorted millions of naira from them through threat that he was in possession of their nude videos and could upload such on social media platforms.

The 19-year-old Ofoeyeno, was discovered to be the kingpin of a cyberbully cartel across tertiary institutions in Nigeria, following six months of covert investigations carried out on the University, following a complaint on the foundation’s Flagit app.

Ofoeyeno was docked on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit a felony with cyber fraud, attempt to defraud, impersonation, threat to expose nudes and cyberstalking, among others.

He was alleged to have cyberbullied 17 identified Nigerian girls across various universities in Nigeria, including Elizade University in Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, and Kaduna State University but four of his victims were at the same institution with him and were minors when the action started.

Allegations against him in the charge which has the Inspector General of Police as the complainant is that he, between September 2019 and October 2020, Ofoeyeno aka Chaz conspired to commit felony to wit cyber fraud against a young girl who was then a minor (name withheld) and committed an offence punishable under Section 27 of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention) Act 2015.

He was also alleged to have sent electronic messages that he had the nudes of his victim, with a threat to make it public with the intent to defraud and obtained some money from her for this committing an offence punishable under Section 14 (2) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention Law, 2004).

He was alleged to have used an Access Bank account number with account name Amaju Gina Olamateyo and account number 1386852492 to obtain the money from his victim, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition Prevention) Act 2015. An account that investigators at Akin Fadeyi Foundation declared that was untraceable because it had no BVN, adding that the bank should be investigated.

Commenting on the logjam necessitated by the Judge’s transfer, ABUAD’s Students’ Affairs Director, Mr Wahab, said the prosecuting counsel could still exploit the option of filing an application for Fiat, so that the transfered Judge could still be presiding over the case from her new Division.

“The prosecuting counsel sees this as a good option and possibility, so that this case can be adjudicated upon expeditiously and without delay”, he said

Tags: ado ekitiAdo-Ekiti(ABUAD)afe babalola universityfederal high courtJustice Uche Agomoh
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