At least, 16 young men have been apprehended in Lekki area
of Lagos State for allegedly involving in internet fraud, otherwise known as
Yahoo-Yahoo.
The Lagos Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), confirmed this in a statement on Monday.
The EFCC identified the suspects as: Akinduro Henry, Habeeb
Adebayo, Oxford Robbinson, Caleb Triumphant Ezikiel, Marcus Wisdom, Osarobo
Osasere, Emmanuel Timileyin, and Oyelami Olatunji.
Others are: Pelumi Glory, Ehibor Joseph, Adebayo Oluwatobi, Jefta Akpan, Okirhie Rukewe, Onyeka Odika, Uzoma Gideon and Isreal Ugochukwu.
According to the statement on its verified Twitter handle,
the EFCC disclosed that the suspects were rounded-up on January 21 at the Ziroc
Residence Hotel, Lekki, Lagos by operatives who had been tracking their
activities.
“Upon interrogation, they all confessed to engaging in
different forms of computer-related fraud, including romance and love scam.
“A further analysis of their mobile devices and computers,
also confirmed their involvement in internet fraud.
“They will soon be arraigned in court as investigations have
already been concluded,” the statement read in part.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com