Ex-Convict Oluwatobiloba docked again for cyber fraud

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday arraigned a 29-year-old serial fraudster, Joshua Ajayi Oluwatobiloba, for offences bordering on impersonation and cyber fraud.

He was arraigned on four counts before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin.

Oluwatobi, had sometime in June 2020 been convicted by Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court for similar offence.

After spending time at Mandala Correctional Centre, the convict went back to crime, and was again arrested by operatives of the EFCC and brought before the court for justice.

Specifically, Oluwatobi’s arrest and prosecution was consequent upon a report alleging that he was presenting himself as the Dean Student Affairs, and one “Dr. Efuntayo Oluwatobi”, a lecturer in the Chemistry Department, University of Ilorin, to scam unsuspecting students seeking to pay school fees and get hostel accommodation.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the counts.

Upon his plea, counsel to the EFCC, Rashidat Alao, urged the court to fix a date for trial and remand the defendant in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service, pending trial.

Justice Abdulgafar has adjourned until Thursday, November 25, 2021 for review of the facts of the case and ordered that the defendant be remanded in the custody of the EFCC.