Calabar Court Sends Two Fraudsters to Jail The Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday  May 20, 2026 secured the conviction and sentence of two internet fraudsters  before Justice Rosemary Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar Cross River State. They pleaded 'guilty' to  two- count separate charges preferred against them by the Commission. One of the charges read: 'That you, IKE EUSTA-PRINCE EZIOMUME "M" sometime between 2024 and 2026 within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court did take possession and control of $200 (Two Hundred United States Dollars) and €260 (Two Hundred and Sixty Euros) intentionally knowing that the money formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit; obtaining money by false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section  18(2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act and punishable under the Section 18(3) of the same Act'. Another charge reads: 'That you, VICTOR PIUS NNAEGBO "M" sometime between 2024 and 2026 within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court did take possession and control of €530 (Five Hundred and Thirty Euros) intentionally knowing that the money formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act to wit: obtaining money by false pretence and thereby committed an offence  contrary to Section 18(2)(d) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act and punishable under the Section 18(3) of the same Act'. In view of their guilty pleas, prosecution counsel  Khamis Mahmud ,  reviewed the facts of the case and prayed the court to convict and sentence them in accordance with the provisions of the law.  Defence counsel,  Douglas Besong did not object but prayed the court to be lenient in sentencing the defendants. After listening to both counsel, Justice Oghoghorie convicted and sentenced Ike Eusta-Prince Eziomume to two years jail term with an option of a fine of N500, 000.00 ( Five Hundred Thousand Naira) and to restitute $200 (Two Hundred USD), and €260  (Two Hundred and Sixty Euros) to his victims. While Victor Pius  Nnaegbo got two years jail term with a N1,000,000.00 (One Million  Naira) fine option and to restitute the sum of €530 (Five Hundred  and Thirty Euros) to his victim. They both forfeited the gadgets used in committing the said crimes. The convicts were arrested on May 5 and 12, 2026, at  Umuahia and Aba Areas of Abia State. They were subsequently charged to court and convicted.

@officialEFCC Wait，you guys are prosecuting people for less than $200 usd ? Wtf

@officialEFCC But you let politicians walk free, one of them just secured a ticket for Senate and the oga for EFCC lied about him facing the law, set of useless people that only go after ordinary Nigerians

@officialEFCC Blessings ceo wey una hold una never sentence am oo na innocent youth una power reach

@officialEFCC Fraud is bad but still go for the people when they tiff country money 😹yaya bello still they walker around even man o war get better reputation pass una 😹nonsense

@officialEFCC Injustice when politicians openly steal money in millions and billions from public confers and nothing is done to them. The only people Nigerian court system can harrass are common people or thieves who stole meagre for survival. Oppression rules in Naija!

In as much as fraud is bad and I don’t support fraud. The said amount put together is not even up to $2k While our politicians are stealing billions of dollars and still get away with it efcc are busy catching boy and jailing young boys trying to survive this hard economy If you Chanel this energy to our politicians you’ll recover billions of dollars.

@officialEFCC What if the efcc official commit fraud who is going to trail them, and who is going to notify the public that so person who is working under this ministry v committed a fraud?

@officialEFCC Why would the EFCC should that, what about yaya belo, okowa and the rest of the criminals in the government system that have be stealing money, and including the EFCC themselves, WHAT have they done to does criminals?

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@officialEFCC Does this sound meaningful to you self 1,who are the victim 2,from 2024 to 2026 they only laundry not upto 1k euro the story no clear una leave those who dey laundry money with bullion var dey pursue 200 dollar around make una leave those boys alone na then dey feed the poor

@officialEFCC When will you arrest and charge this cr*minals to court?

@officialEFCC You guys are just mad, you can get sentencing for this boys, but the one thay stole our commonwealth can roam freely among us. What has happened to Yahya Bello?

@officialEFCC If they are politicians, they will be going to the senate and you can't do nothing.

@officialEFCC @officialEFCC but it's been taking you forever to sentence Yaha Bello and Co. If you clowns use same energy on powerful individuals, may the Financial Crime rate in the Zoo would reduce.

@officialEFCC Una dey sentence fraudster to jail but all those government officials squandering our money everyday are walking freely in the street all because that ur bosses, a time is coming when all of us wey cry had I know.

@officialEFCC Foolish people make Una face the problem of Nigeria live all this ones rubbish

@officialEFCC Nah God go punish una corrupt organisation, any of una way branch my house nah die straight.. I swear to God who made me..

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@officialEFCC Imagine Yahaya Bello is somewhere in Nigeria chilling and balling , he even buy form. Wonderful

@officialEFCC How una never arraign the chief Yahoo Man o.. Yahaya Bello

@officialEFCC When will you send Yahaya Bello and others to jail. Why are you people afraid of the big fishes that has squandered our resources.

@officialEFCC @officialEFCC are just a pussy with guns chasing after yahoo boys but they dare not chase after big corrupt politicians

@officialEFCC How much did the whole operation and charging them to court cost? 😂😂 Even the stupid yahoo boys sef, instead of stealing small money why not join politics and make better use of your talents?😂

CAN YOU PEOPLE PLEASE TRY TO PROTECT THE IMMAGE OF NIGERIA UNA COUNTRY, TELL ME HOW MANY COUNTRIES ARE SO PROUD DISGRACING THEMSELVES ONLINE LIKE THE EFCC OF NIGERIA DEY DO. UNA THINK SAY FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY NO DEY HAPPEN IN TURKEY AND MALAYSIA AND UNITED KINGDOM EVEN IN AMERICA, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY MADE SUCH A DISGRACEFUL NEWS OR EVEN POSTED SUCH ONLINE?? YOU PEOPLE ARE BUSY PROTECTING THE POLITICAL LUTERS AND THIEVES IN THE GOVERNMENT THEN OPPRESSING THE POOR AND JAILING THEM FOR NOTHING SAKE WHEREBY THERE IS NO JOB IN THE COUNTRY. @officialEFCC I POUR SPIT ON YOU PEOPLE TUFIAA .

@officialEFCC Yahaya Bello still dey waka up and down.

@officialEFCC When will you start sending our politicians too to jail or you only go for the low class and scared of those in power clueless efcc .

EFCC isn’t only going after “big scammers”. Even €200 level fraud still ends in court, jail option, restitution, and device forfeiture. Most people focus on quick gains and ignore traceability. Every transaction leaves a trail now, especially with bank logs and device fingerprints.

@officialEFCC Please focus on those stealing and mismanaging the country funds also

@officialEFCC To track the transactions of Bandit dey always hard you guys lol

@officialEFCC Yahya Bello right now 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@officialEFCC Na who chop get energy to read Textbook

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@officialEFCC Na how much be the 200 abeg

@officialEFCC Yes because they are poor.

@officialEFCC EFCC is telling you, not to do cheap fraud 🤥 because this $200 cannot get you a lawyer. SMH

@officialEFCC When are you jailing yahaya bello

@officialEFCC Yahaya Bello go get like 500 years.

@officialEFCC 🤦🏾‍♂️

@officialEFCC LoL Imagine going to jail because of $200