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Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, recovers guns, charms
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on Friday, announced the arrest of 53 suspected internet
fraudsters popularly called ‘Yahoo boys’ in multiple raids nationwide.
In Lagos, 18 suspects arrested are: Abass
Mukhtar, Enitan Adekunle, Olakunle Araoyinbo, Korede Adetule, Christmas
Gabriel, Christmas Yole, Christmas Emmanuel and Harrison Obayogbono.
Others are: Victor Kenneth,
Adewale Musibau, Oluwajuwon Shofuyi, Idris Abdulazeez, Oyeku Adeoye, Omilana
Adeleke, Okeke Chucks, Peters Olamide, Abayomi Jones and Usman Olalekan.
A statement on EFCC Facebook page revealed that they were nabbed during a sting operation in the early hours of Friday at three different locations in the Alagbado area of the State.
“During the raid, about five of
the suspects attempted to escape arrest by taking refuge inside the ceiling of
their apartments. They were, however, immediately apprehended by operatives of
the EFCC.
“Items recovered from the suspects
at the point of arrest include charms, phones, laptops and five cars- Hyundai
Sonata, Toyota Camry 2004 model, Toyota Camry 2007 model, Toyota Camry 1999
model and Honda Pilot”, it said.
In Abuja, operatives raided the
residences of suspected internet fraudsters at No 5 Arbe Saibra Dantata Estate
Kubwa, Abuja.
EFCC disclosed that the operation
was triggered by intelligence regarding the activities of the suspects who were
placed under close surveillance for weeks.
The suspects arrested are Aifuwa
Aisosa, Desmond Imasuen, Usman Malik, Odiesen Ken, Odiase Emmanuel and Aifuwa
Henry.
Some of the items recovered
include mobile phones, laptop computers, and a Mercedes C350.
The Advanced Fee Fraud section of
the Abuja Zonal office also apprehended another cybercrime suspect, Mbaeri
Anselm Chukwuma at David Estate, Gwarimpa.
Items recovered from him include a
Toyota Rav4, 2 laptops, 2 phones and a Pump Action Rifle with 2 Cartridges.
In Enugu, EFCC raided two
residential buildings at Maryland, Enugu where 28 suspected fraudsters were
arrested.
“The arrests followed some
intelligence obtained by the Commission regarding activities of some people
living ostentatiously without any known means of livelihood”, the statement
noted.
“In the course of executing search
at the residences of the suspects, many of them, including a female suspect,
attempted destroying some phones found on them.
“The female suspect was caught
flushing a broken Iphone down the toilet. The phone was, however, recovered”.
Some items confiscated during the
raid include: four (4) apple macbook, two (2) Iphone Xmax and HP laptop
computers.
Other items include: Two (2)
Toyota Camry, four (4) Toyota Corolla and one (1) Mercedes Benz GL450 car.
EFCC said all 53 suspects who
would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.
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