2 Yahoo Yahoo apprentices convicted in Calabar

Arrested students of Akwa Ibom Yahoo Academy

Arrested students of Akwa Ibom Yahoo Academy

Arrested students of Akwa Ibom Yahoo Academy

Two of the 23 Yahoo Yahoo students arrested in Eket, Akwa Ibom state on 28 November have been convicted by Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court, Calabar in Cross River State.

The duo, Mbuotidem Godwin Daniel, (a.k.a William Rodriquez Rodriquez), aged 24 and Stanhope Wise (a.k.a.Ted Gregory Will) aged 19, were convicted on Tuesday. They were students of a Yahoo Yahoo Academy in Akwa Ibom.

They were found guilty on one-count separate charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence, after being arraigned by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Each of them was sentenced to six months imprisonment with N150,000 option of fine each, after both pleaded guilty as charged.

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The one-count charge against Daniel reads: “That you Mbuotidem Godwin Daniel (a.k.a William Rodriquez) on or about the 2nd day of December, 2019 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to obtain property and gain advantage for yourself, fraudulently impersonated one William Rodriquez (an American) with fictitious email [email protected] and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2) (a) and (b) of the Cyber Crime (Prohibition, Prevention E.t.c) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) of the same Act.”

The charge against Wise reads: “That you Stanhope Wise (a.k.a Ted Gregory Will) on or about the 2nd day of December, 2019 in Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this honourable court with intent to obtain property and gain advantage for yourself, fraudulently impersonated one Ted Gregory Will (an American) whose Facebook account you illegally hacked and took over with intent to defraud unsuspecting persons from Thailand and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22 (2) (a) and (b) of the Cyber Crime (Prohibition, Prevention E.t.c) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) of the same Act.”

They both pleaded guilty to the crime, upon which prosecuting counsel, Usman Shehu prayed the court to convict and sentence them in accordance with the terms of a plea bargain agreement, entered and adopted by the prosecution and the defence in the matter.

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