Benin Court Jails Man Five Years for Running ‘Yahoo School’
A Federal High Court sitting in Benin City has sentenced Goodluck Ejimiyare to five years’ imprisonment for recruiting teenagers into an internet fraud training network, popularly known as a “Yahoo school.”
The conviction was secured by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice C. A. Obiozor. Ejimiyare was arraigned on March 30, 2026, on a one‑count amended charge of conspiracy to commit computer‑related fraud, contrary to Section 27(b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015 (as amended in 2024), and punishable under Section 22(2)(iv) of the same Act.
According to the charge, Ejimiyare conspired with one Ebuka Henry Eze, currently at large, to recruit young persons into a fraud scheme known as Hustling Kingdom. Upon pleading guilty, the prosecution counsel, Elodi Immaculate, urged the court to convict him.
Justice Obiozor sentenced Ejimiyare to five years’ imprisonment with an option of a ₦1 million fine. The court also ordered the forfeiture of his mobile phone and directed him to sign an undertaking to maintain good behaviour.
The case originated after officers of the Nigerian Army’s 4 Brigade Headquarters arrested 17 boys at a suspected Yahoo school and handed them over to the EFCC. During interrogation, several of the boys confessed that Ejimiyare recruited them into the Hustling Kingdom network.
