- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan office say a total of 34 suspects were arrested
- Many of the suspected fraudsters arrested are members of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU)
- The EFCC says it recovered cars, SIM cards and charms from the suspected who were arrested
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan office has announced the arrest of thirty-four suspected internet fraudsters at 21, Sawmill Road Awa-Ijebu, Ogun state.
The EFCC said the suspects, aged between 19 and 37, included twenty-three students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU).
The agency revealed that nine of the 23are ladies who allegedly claimed to be girlfriends or neighbours of some of the suspects.
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Faces of the OOU students arrested by the EFCC over alleged cyber crime Photo: The students after their arrest Credit: EFCC
One is from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and twelve others are non-students, the agency said in a statement obtained by Legit.ng.
The EFCC said its men got wind of the activities of the suspects through series of intelligence.
Some of the cars allegedly recovered from the OOU students after their arrest Photo: The cars displayed by EFCC Credit: EFCC
It claimed the suspects engaged in fraudulent activities like obtaining money by false pretences through sending emails to unsuspecting victims mostly in the United States of America while others were engaged in romance scam on several dating sites.
Some of the SIM cards recovered from the suspected fraudsters Photo: The SIM cards Credit: EFCC
“At the point of arrest, EFCC operatives recovered over three hundred SIM cards from them. Other items recovered from the suspects include: different models and brands of exotic cars, 18 laptops (nine being of Apple brand), 50 telephones (21 iphones) and two bags of fetish objects (juju) from them. Several documents containing false pretences were also recovered from the suspects.
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“Suspects would be charged to court accordingly as soon as investigation is concluded,” the statement said.
Legit.ng earlier reported that officials of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) intercepted gold worth about N211 million being illegally transported through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
The acting spokesperson of the EFCC, Tony Orilade, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, November 13.
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