A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has sentenced Goodluck Ejimiyare to five years’ imprisonment for recruiting teenagers into an internet fraud training network, popularly known as a “Yahoo school.”
The conviction was secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which disclosed the development in a statement.
The convict was sentenced by Justice C. A. Obiozor of the Court.
The EFCC said Ejimiyare was arraigned on March 30, 2026, on a one-count amended charge bordering on conspiracy to commit internet fraud.
According to the charge, the defendant conspired with one Ebuka Henry Eze, who is currently at large, to recruit young individuals into a fraud scheme popularly referred to as a “Yahoo school,” known as Hustling Kingdom.
“The charge reads: That you Goodluck Ejimiyare sometime in 2025, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did conspire with one Ebuka Henry Eze (at large) to commit an offence to wit computer related fraud and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 27 (b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015 (as amended 2024) and punishable under Section 22(2) (iv) of the same Act,”
The defendant, Ejimiyare, pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him, prompting the prosecution counsel, Elodi Immaculate, to seek his conviction.
