EFCC nabs 15 suspected ‘Yahoo boys’ in Ibadan

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan zonal office, on Tuesday arrested 15 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo boys’.

It was gathered that the suspects’ alleged involvement in Internet-related fraud was reported to the commission by neighbours, who noticed their expensive ways of life, although they are supposedly undergraduates without any known source of income.

The suspects, whose ages range between 20 and 28 years, allegedly hide behind fake names and identities to perpetrate fraud, dispossessing their victims of their money.

An attempt by one of the suspects, Fisayo Falade to flush his phone through a water closet when EFC men storm their resident was foiled.

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He reportedly attempted to do so to deny access to alleged incriminating data about him.

The 20-year-old suspect, was among the 15 young men arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State, for alleged Internet-related crimes when the commission’s operatives conducted a raid on two locations in the city.

Ten of the suspects were arrested at Akatanpa Powerline. The other five were nabbed at Kushenla.

Items recovered from them included two posh cars, laptops, phones and documents containing false information.

EFCC said the suspects will be arraigned as soon as investigations are concluded.

 

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