A Federal High Court in Calabar on Thursday 12 December, 2019 sentenced 5 cyber crime offenders popularly known as yahoo boys to six months in prison.

The presiding judge, Justice S. M. Shuaibu convicted Omengala Emmanuel (a.k.a.Frank Hoffman), Obonga Valentine ( a.k.a Patrick Seaman), Segun Dele Jude (alias Hal Burlington), Promise Nkanga and Omengala Paul (alias Christopher Mason).

Before they were convicted and sentenced, the convicts pleaded guilty to the one count charge preferred against them separately by the by the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for their various involvements in cyber crimes.