{"id":168027,"date":"2025-07-02T13:45:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:55:00","slug":"chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of five Chinese nationals on charges related to cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The judgment was delivered on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, by Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The convicted people: Guo Qiang, Yang Shumei, Guo Zhi Yong, Zhang Gia Feng, and Lu Yi Liang, were part of a larger syndicate implicated in a wide-ranging cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud scheme.<\/p>\n<p>They were among the 792 suspects apprehended in a December 19, 2024, sting operation conducted by EFCC operatives in Lagos, code-named \u201cEagle Flush Operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each of the defendants faced separate charges stemming from their roles in the cybercrime activities, which involved unauthorized access to computer systems with the intention of undermining Nigeria\u2019s economic and social infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The accused pleaded not guilty upon arraignment. However, during the court proceedings on Tuesday, they reversed their plea to guilty, prompting the prosecution counsel, U.S. Kyari, to request their conviction.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Dipeolu subsequently sentenced each of the five convicts to one year in prison, in addition to a fine of N1,000,000 (One Million Naira).<\/p>\n<p>The court also directed that the Nigeria Immigration Service facilitate their repatriation to China within seven days following the completion of their jail terms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of five Chinese nationals on charges related to cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. The judgment was delivered on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, by Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos. The convicted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[206,254],"class_list":["post-168027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-lagos","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of five ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of five ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T12:45:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-02T13:55:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T12:45:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T13:55:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism\"},\"wordCount\":232,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lagos\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism\",\"name\":\"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-02T12:45:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-02T13:55:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of five ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism - Nigeria","description":"The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of five ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism","og_description":"The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of five ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-07-02T12:45:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-02T13:55:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism","datePublished":"2025-07-02T12:45:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-02T13:55:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism"},"wordCount":232,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg","keywords":["Lagos","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism","name":"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-02T12:45:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-02T13:55:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of five ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751451979.526478.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/chinese-nationals-jailed-in-lagos-for-cyberterrorism#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chinese Nationals Jailed in Lagos for Cyberterrorism"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}