IKORODU, LAGOS – You sabi wetin happen when person wahala don dey too much? Well, make I gist you how one Samuel Asiegbu just land for three years inside prison because of cyber fraud wey dem say e carry waka enter. No be small thing o, this guy pick pocket over ₦8.56 billion from Wema Bank Nigeria Plc! E be like say sey he don put hand for wahala wey big pass am.
Asiegbu no dey alone o; him dey chop life with plenty other paddy wey EFCC carry come court, including Hamza Zakaria and Nurudeen Ibrahim. Dem first appear for court on June 23, 2025, dem no gree admit sey they guilty o! But as things go, Asiegbu later gree change him mouth begin talk sey e guilty. Na that one carry am enter the prison dem.
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), di guys break into Wema Bank system kwa for January 2025, chop unauthorised access to bank systems, and carry go ₦8,568,090,500 like sey na groundnut! As Oleku dey talk, weyrey no dey sleep, na for jail dem go dey answer.”
The judge no use fine matter play; he sentence Asiegbu to 10 months and 8 days on one count, and another 1 year and 8 months on another one, wey all come total as three years wey dem go run concurrently. E no be fine, just pure time! Courts waka carry check and cancel some counts wey no hold water again (like sey dem dey so sure sey sure!) and push di matter for di rest of dem paddy to November 14, 2025.
So, if you dey think sey to cyber chop money no dey carry karma, make you think again. E no easy for leg of Asiegbu, but e go make dem reason twice before dem try that kind warabi fraud again. As we dey here dey drink palm wine, let’s hope sey dem go learn wetin dem supposed learn, or maybe dem go just wan find new tactics to run wahala wey go lead dem back to court again.
Naija people, no use your hand push your own leg for inside serious matter; the only thing wey e go bring na to lock you inside where light no dey shine.
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