EFCC refutes conviction of alleged 7-year-old fraudster, Victor Odeh

Glory Ebomah

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied that an Internet fraudster, Victor Oche Odeh was convicted and sentenced by Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 21, 2023.

According to EFCC, Odeh, 19 years old was among five undergraduates who had been convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment each.

The statement read in part: “The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to some insinuation and contrived accounts of the conviction of an internet fraudster, Victor Oche Odeh by Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court on July 21, 2023.

“Odeh, 19, was among five undergraduates convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment each, after pleading guilty to a one-count separate charge bordering on internet fraud.

“The other convicts are Chidebere Stanley Opara (aka Avail Hollywood), Manasseh Sefa Ephraim (aka Felicia Dannyyels), Chukwukere Obinna Paul (aka Shaun Lee) and Enyogu Etim Ekpo (aka Henry Wilson, Jasdav7).”

Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Dele Oyewale, stated that in a statement dated July 11, 2023, the ages of all the convicts, including Odeh’s were not stated.

He added that for clarity, Odeh is 19 years old, noting that all the false narratives being bandied about in some social media sections that he is seven years old be ignored.

Oyewale added that the EFCC did not “parade” the convict, and is not a court of law that rightfully convicted him.

He stated: “Facts are sacred. Information about the offence, prosecution, conviction and sentence of Odeh is on all social media platforms of the EFCC. The public is urged to ignore any hoopla connected to his conviction.”