A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has sentenced Goodluck Ejimiyare, an alleged operator of a cybercrime training centre commonly referred to as a “Yahoo school,” to five years imprisonment.
The judgment was delivered by Justice C A Obiozor following the prosecution of the defendant by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.
Ejimiyare was earlier arrested by troops of the Nigerian Army 4 Brigade Headquarters alongside 17 youths at a facility known as Hustle Kingdom before being handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.
During interrogation, several of the youths reportedly admitted that they had been recruited into the operation, which authorities described as a hub for internet fraud training.
The defendant was arraigned on March 30, 2026, on a one count amended charge bordering on conspiracy with one Ebuka Henry Eze, who remains at large, to commit internet fraud.
According to the charge, Ejimiyare conspired in 2025 to engage in computer related fraud within the jurisdiction of the court, an offence contrary to Section 27(b) of the Cybercrime Prohibition Prevention Act 2015 as amended in 2024 and punishable under Section 22(2)(iv) of the same Act.
He pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him, prompting prosecution counsel Elodi Immaculate to request his conviction and sentencing.
The court subsequently sentenced him to five years imprisonment with an option of a fine of 1,000,000 naira.
In addition, the court ordered the forfeiture of his mobile phone and directed that he sign an undertaking to maintain good behaviour going forward.
