Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has dismissed claims that a certain Victor Odeh paraded last week is aged seven.
The EFCC in a statement on Monday by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, noted that Victor Odeh is 19 and not seven years old.
“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.
The anti-graft agency noted that Victor 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 (a.ka. Avail Hollywood), Manasseh Sefa Ephraim (a.k.a Felicia_dannyyels), Chukwukere Obinna Paul (a.ka. Shaun Lee) and Enyogu Etim Ekpo (a.ka. Henry Wilson, Jasdav7),” the EFCC said.
In a press release by the EFCC, dated July 11, 2023, the ages of all the convicts, including Odeh’s, were not stated.
“For clarity, Odeh is 19 years old. All the false narratives being bandied about in some section of the social media that he is seven years old should be ignored. The EFCC did not “parade” the convict, and is not a court of law that rightfully convicted him,” the EFCC said.
“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 enjoined to ignore any hoopla connected to his conviction,” the anti-graft agency said.
