EFCC arraigns self-styled aide to Oyo Governor for internet fraud

….The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned one Babawale Daniel Olayinka before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on five count charges which borders on cybercrime.

An identity card recovered from the defendant at the point of arrest on February 11, 2022, introduced him as a “Personal Assistant to the Oyo State Governor on Media Matters.”

…According to a statement issued and signed by Head of media and publicity of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, Olayinka was arrested alongside 25 others at Soka area of Ibadan.

,,,,The defendant, however, pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges filed against him by the EFCC.

Justice Agomoh, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500, 000.00 and two sureties in like sum.