Cyber Terrorism: Court To Hold Trial Against 12 Chinese, March 14

By Felix Kuyinu

The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, will prosecute 12 Chinese suspects who have been accused of cybercrime, fraud.

During an arraignment of the alleged offenders by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at the court on Friday, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, who presided over the matter, adjourned the case till March 14 and 21.

The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the EFCC held that the defendants face arraignment on charges bordering on cyberterrorism, cybercrimes, possession of documents containing false pretence, advance fee fraud, and identity theft.

The Commission claimed that the defendants were part of a group of 792 suspects apprehended during a raid on December 10, 2024, in Lagos.

The EFCC identified the names of the suspects as : Li Niu, Xiao Qinyun, Fu Zheng Yang, Xiao Yi, Bei Bei Linde Jun, Li Hang, Huan Livo, Wang Wei, Tong Mo Ying, Gao Yang, Zebin Chen, and Yuan Zhibin.

Justice Aneke ordered that the defendants be remanded at the Ikoyi and Kirikiri Correctional Centre.