Obasanjo library not target in sting operation, says EFCC

Obasanjo library not target in sting operation, says EFCC

Following the arrest of 93 suspected internet fraudsters at a hotel within the precincts of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on Friday, August 15, arraign 23 out of the suspects before Justice D. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

This was even as the commission clarified that the OOPL was not its primary target, but the suspected internet fraudsters within its ambit.

Upon profiling, almost all the suspects arrested have been indicted for alleged offences bordering on impersonation, identity, and internet fraud, EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale said.

The arraignment of the suspects, scheduled in batches, is coming on the heels of their arrest at a pool party where they were celebrating their exploits.

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The party was initially planned to be held in two locations, but was shifted to the hotel in the OOPL, ostensibly to escape possible arrest by operatives of the EFCC.

Oyewale said, “The planners got wind of the commission’s intelligence and scampered to the OOPL, expecting a sort of covering from arrest.

Obasanjo library not target in sting operation, says EFCC