A surprise dawn raid on two houses in the
Lekki area of Lagos on April 6, yielded the arrest of seven suspects, all
undergraduates studying various courses in some of the nation’s tertiary
institutions.
The undergraduates, who are within the
age-range of 21 and 29 years, include Elete Fred Debi, a 500-level student of
Physics/Production Technology of the University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers state
Others are: Ese Iriruaga, 300-level
student of Geology, Delta State
University, Abraka, Delta State; Couson Jimmy, 300-level student of Computer
Science, Benson Idahosa, University, Benin-City, Edo State; Anthony Onos,
200-level student of Political Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos
State; Omene Stephen, 200-level student of Computer Science, University of Port-Harcourt,
Rivers State; Kome Emmanuel, 200-level student of Petroleum Engineering,
University of Port-Harcourt and Shola Muyiwa of the Petroleum Training
Institute, Effurun, Delta State.
They were picked in two houses at Lekki
County Homes and Lekki Phase One, both in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of
Lagos State following an intelligence report on their alleged involvement in
sundry internet scams.
The suspects have all made useful
statements. One of them, Shola Muyiwa, confessed that, he recently collected
$100 from one of his victims, Dora Hunt, based in North Carolina, United States
of America.
Various items were recovered from the
suspects such as laptop computers, expensive phones, Ipads and exotic cars,
including a Range Rover Evogue; Honda Crosstour , Mercedeze Benz C 300 4matic,
S 300 Mercedes Benz and Acura ZDX SUV.
The suspects will be charged to court as
soon as the investigation is concluded.
God don catch them
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