For the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, it is a harvest of arrests of Internet fraudsters in Ibadan.
Weeks after it nabbed some two sets of the fraudsters in the Ibadan area, the zonal office there has arrested another 10 suspected internet fraudsters there.
This time, they were picked up at Olugun Oluhehu and Elebu areas of Ibadan, Oyo State, according to the commission’s Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade.
Arrested are Prince Tayo Rotimi, Omotomo Oluwarotimi, Abdulakeem Oluwatimilehi, and Kodri Yusuf. Others include, Oludare Biodun, Lawal Femi, Adeyemi Damilare, Hassan Adewale, Adenuga Olalekan and Oduola Abayomi.
Orilade said in a statement that their arrest followed series of intelligence alleging that they engage in fraudulent activities, especially obtaining money by false pretences from unsuspecting victims through online dating and other illegal means.
“At the point of their arrest, EFCC operatives recovered SIM cards, four exotic cars, laptop computers, telephones, fetish objects (juju) and several documents containing false pretences from them.
“The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded,” he added.
