EFCC arrests 50 internet ‘fraudsters’ in Kwara

EFCC arrests 50 internet ‘fraudsters’ in Kwara

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University, (KWASU) for alleged internet fraud otherwise known as yahoo-yahoo.

The arrests, it was gathered, followed credible intelligence on the rising trend of yahoo-yahoo business in the state, especially on campuses.

According to the Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC, operatives swung into action and arrested the suspects at various hideouts on Wednesday after days of surveillance.

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The commission identified the suspects as Idris Yekini, Ayantola Segun, Adeshina Taheeb, Mustapha Alamin, Usman Harun, Oladimeji Oseni, Qudus Temitope, Adewunmi Israel, Lukman Uthman, Alamin Ibitoye, Usman Sadiq, Musbau Waris, Ibrahim Oluwatosin, Oladele Israel, Rafiu Ashimu, Aransiola Oluwaseun, Akolade Adetola Toheeb, Joseph Samuel, Adewuyi Quadri, Adebayo Olamilekan, Ogunride Gabriel, Abolaji Ismail, Ogundele Samuel Ejiro, Musa Ali Olawale, Isah Oluwatumishe and Abdullahi Abdulmajib.

Others include Abdulralman Abubakar, Olaosebikan Martins, Mazeed Ayomide, Oyeniyi Michael, Moses Bright, Oladipo Victor,  Shehu Abdugafar, Abdulmalik Khalid Timileyin, Muhammad Nabil, Adebayo Qudus and Owoeye Adeyanju, Abdulwaheed Zakariyah, Olaleye Gbenga, Victor Kayode, Samad Olarewaju, Raheem Ayomide, Ismail Abdulbasit, Oluyedun Khalid, Moshood Lawal, Utman Abayomi, Aransiola Joshua, and the residents- Babalola Razaq and Godwin Ouna Ejika.

Items recovered from the suspects include nine exotic cars, 24 laptops, and different brands of phones.

The suspects, the EFCC said, would be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of investigations.