{"id":72751,"date":"2025-08-11T09:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72751"},"modified":"2025-08-11T09:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:53:57","slug":"nigeria-convicts-21-foreign-nationals-in-landmark-cybercrime-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/11\/nigeria-convicts-21-foreign-nationals-in-landmark-cybercrime-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Convicts 21 Foreign Nationals in Landmark Cybercrime Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Police Force has secured the conviction of 21 foreign nationals linked to a major cybercrime syndicate, in what authorities describe as one of the country\u2019s largest crackdowns on online fraud.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement from the Force Headquarters in Abuja that the convicted individuals were part of a network implicated in large-scale internet fraud, hacking, and related offenses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They were among 130 suspects, mostly of Chinese and Malaysian origin, alongside 17 Nigerian collaborators arrested in November 2024 during a coordinated raid in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following extensive investigations, including digital forensics and expert testimony, the suspects were arraigned on December 2, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As of August 1, 2025, 21 of the foreign defendants had been found guilty by a competent court, while trials for the remaining accused are still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Police, in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice, remains committed to ensuring full accountability and justice in this matter,\u201d Adejobi said, warning that Nigeria would not be a safe haven for cybercriminals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The convictions are seen as a major milestone in efforts to dismantle sophisticated cybercrime networks and safeguard the country\u2019s digital infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Nigeria Police Force has secured the conviction of 21 foreign nationals linked to a major cybercrime syndicate, in what authorities describe as one of the country\u2019s largest crackdowns on online fraud. &nbsp; Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement from the Force Headquarters in Abuja [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72753,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72751\/revisions\/72753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}