Court Jails Two Men For S£xtortion, Cyber-Stalking In Lagos
Court Jails Two Men For Sextortion, Cyber-Stalking In Lagos
After considering the evidence, Justice Dipeolu found the defendants guilty and handed down the sentences.
Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced Ademola Joshua Oluwadamilare and Dolapo Adisa to various jail terms for their involvement in a sextortion scheme.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate, arraigned the duo on Wednesday on a nine-count charge, which included cyber-stalking, obtaining under false pretence, and money laundering.
According to the charge, the defendants engaged in a sextortion operation that involved cyber-stalking and fraudulent activities.
The EFCC told the court that their actions violated relevant provisions of Nigerian law.
After considering the evidence, Justice Dipeolu found the defendants guilty and handed down the sentences.
The EFCC stated that the convictions are part of its ongoing efforts to combat cybercrime and other financial offenses across Nigeria.
In a similar incident, in February, a 26-year-old Nigerian national, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, was extradited to the United States to face federal charges over his alleged role in a sexual extortion scheme that led to the death of a young man in Pennsylvania.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced in a statement that Adewale was extradited from Nigeria on February 13, 2026, following his arrest in August 2023 as part of a broader Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operation targeting individuals accused of sexually extorting minors in the United States.
Adewale is charged by indictment with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Prosecutors said Adewale’s arrest in Nigeria was carried out in collaboration with the FBI and Nigerian security authorities.
Adewale was the third Nigerian charged in connection with the case. His co-defendants, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as “Alice Dave,” 27, and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, 26, were extradited to the United States in August 2024.
Court records show that Abiodun pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud. In June 2025, United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky sentenced him to five years in prison.
Aina later pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including cyberstalking, interstate threat to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud. He was sentenced by Judge Slomsky in October 2025 to six years in prison.
