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Nigeria Court Jails 15 Chinese, 2 Filipinos, Pakistani For Cyber-terrorism
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#EFCC #Chinese #Lagos #Pakistan #philippine ©June 20th, 2025 ®June 20, 2025 9:01 pm Federal High Court sitting in Lagos state of Nigeria has found guilty 15 Chinese citizens, 2 Philippines and one Pakistan national for cyber-terrorism, hence the court sentenced them to one year imprisonment and ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service to facilitate the deportation of the convicts immediately after they completed their various jail term. OsazuwaAkonedo
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federal High Court sitting in Lagos
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State of Nigeria has found guilty 15
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Chinese citizens two Philippines and one
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Pakistan national for cyber terrorism
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Hence the court sentenced them to
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one-year imprisonment and ordered the
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Nigeria immigration service to
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facilitate the deportation of the
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convicts immediately after they
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completed the various jail term Details
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of the report is presented by the public
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relations unit of the Economic and
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Financial Crimes Commission EFCC reads
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verbatim below Court jails 15 Chinese
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two Filipinos one Pakistani for cyber
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terrorism internet fraud in Lagos The
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Lagos zonal directorate one of the
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
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EFCC on Thursday June 19th and Friday
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June 20th 2025 secured the conviction
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and sentence of 15 Chinese two Filipinos
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and one Pakistani for cyber terrorism
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and internet fraud before justices Chuku
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Jakuanke
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Faji and Yellen Bogaro of the Federal
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High Court sitting in Aoy Lagos The
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suspects are Pengi Huin Jang Jin Rang
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Hikun Relle Cabalona Castelan Pianella
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Guo Long Jang Hu Xi Lin Hao Chen Fuen
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Chen Dong Dong Wang Gong Lin Pan Caillou
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Huang Renjian Jang Siolay Karan Shazard
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Chen Yuan Wu Yong and anchin The
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suspects were arraigned on separate
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charges bordering on cyber terrorism and
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internet fraud One of the charges reads
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that you Castelyn Pella sometime in
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December 2024 in Lagos within the
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jurisdiction of this honorable court
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willfully caused to be accessed computer
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systems organized to seriously
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destabilize and destroy the fundamental
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economic and social structure of Nigeria
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when you procured employed Nigerian
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youths for identity theft and to hold
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themselves out as persons of foreign
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nationality with the intent to gain
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financial advantage for yourselves and
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you thereby committed an offense
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contrary to and punishable under section
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18 of the cyber crimes prohibition
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prevention etc act 2015 as amended 2024
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and section 2 3D of the terrorism
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prevention prohibition Act 2022
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They all pleaded guilty to the charges
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when they were read to them In view of
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their p The prosecution council Spear
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Wed Bilasu Buhari Balora Chenya Okesi
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Ibukarongu Biser and Lamb Mwang
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respectively prayed the court to convict
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the defendants and also order the
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forfeite all the exhibits recovered from
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them The judges found them guilty of the
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charges and convicted them accordingly
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All the convicts were sentenced to
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one-year imprisonment with a fine of 1
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million naira 1 million naira The judge
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also ordered that upon completion of
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their sentences the controller general
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of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS
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should ensure that they repatriated to
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their country of origin within 7 days
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The judge also ordered that the items
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recovered from them be forfeited to the
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federal government of Nigeria The
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convicts are among the 792 suspects
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arrested by operatives of the EFCC for
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alleged cyber terrorism They were
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charged to court and jailed EFCC
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arraigns fake bureau dashon operator in
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Lagos The Lagos sonal directorate 2 of
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the economic and financial crimes
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commission EFCC on Wednesday June 18th
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2025 arraigned one Abdul Karam Aaloo
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before justice AO Oai of the Federal
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High Court sitting in AOYI Lagos Awalu
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was arraigned on a six-count charge
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bordering on operating bureau dashon
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business without an appropriate license
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by the central bank of Nigeria CBN The
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petitioner alleged that he was
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approached by some unknown persons on
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the phone with a business proposal for
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investments in the defendant's business
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and other related businesses in Nigeria
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The proposal allegedly involved the
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injection of about $10 million $10
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million USD dollars into the defendant
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science and hospital equipment business
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It was also alleged that in the course
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of facilitating the transmission of the
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boxes containing the $10,000
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10 million USD dollars the purported
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agents of the defendant kept presenting
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demand notices for the payment of
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various amounts of money from the
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nominal complainant under the guise of
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meeting statutory charges for the
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clearance of the said boxes containing
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the money to his caro office address
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Investigation revealed that Awalu made
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cash payments rather than using a
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financial institution
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One of the counts reads that you Abdul
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Karamawu sometime within January and
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April 2024 in Lagos within the
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jurisdiction of this honorable court
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without a company duly incorporated in
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Nigeria failed to obtain a valid license
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from the Central Bank of Nigeria to
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carry on your business of Bureau Deson
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and you thereby committed an offense
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contrary to section 57 of the banks and
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other financial institutions act 2020
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and punishable under sections 575 of the
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same act He pleaded not guilty to the
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charge preferred against him In view of
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this the prosecution council aa Busman
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asked the court for a trial date and
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also prayed for the remand of the
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defendant in a correctional center The
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defense council Abdul Khadir Modi
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however informed the court of a pending
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bail application which he sought to move
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Responding Usman told the court that he
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had not received the bail application He
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was thereafter served in the open court
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Justice Aoai remanded the defendant in
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the correctional center and adjourned
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till July 1st 2025 for the hearing of
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the bail application
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