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Twenty eight young men who have been engaging in internet crimes popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo were in the early morning ot Monday, February 15, arrested at their hideouts in the Abula Egba area of Lagos State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The young men were said to have been picked at their hideouts by operatives of the anti-graft agency following intelligence report received by the commission about their fraudulent acts being committed by them in the area,
The anti graft agency gave the names of the fraudsters as Emanuel Duke, Fortune Stephen, Okpesa Kenneth, James Taiwo, Lamina Toyeeb, Amusa Ahmed, Lezor Ture Bright, Kehinde Adeleye, Godwin Obayuwana, Ajao Sodiq, Adebimpe Ayo, Iwuala Jesse, Joseph Duke Otega, Amusa Ridwan, Ememerurie Daniel and Gift Ogbaro.
Others are: Ayokunmi Adeyinka, Michael Stephen, Lateef Olatayo, Sunday Richard,Kazeem Jubril Alade, Muhammed Abubakar, David Stephen Jonah, Usman Olatunbosun Ituah Eghoboi, Tayo Joshua, Osume Collins, and Musa Husseini.
According to the EFCC in a statement posted on its Facebook Wall, the men were said to have used different names to defraud their victims who are mostly foreigners.
At the point of their arrest, the commission said, various exotic cars, sophisticated phones and laptops were recovered from them, adding that those arrested will be charged to court upon completion of investigations.
According to the statement: “Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 28 internet fraudsters at different locations in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State.
“Those arrested included Emanuel Duke, Fortune Stephen, Okpesa Kenneth, James Taiwo, Lamina Toyeeb, Amusa Ahmed, Lezor Ture Bright, Kehinde Adeleye, Godwin Obayuwana, Ajao Sodiq, Adebimpe Ayo, Iwuala Jesse, Joseph Duke Otega, Amusa Ridwan, Ememerurie Daniel and Gift Ogbaro.
“Others were: Ayokunmi Adeyinka, Michael Stephen, Lateef Olatayo, Sunday Richard,Kazeem Jubril Alade, Muhammed Abubakar, David Stephen Jonah, Usman Olatunbosun Ituah Eghoboi, Tayo Joshua, Osume Collins, and Musa Husseini.
“They used different names to defraud their victims who are mostly foreigners.
“During their arrest, exotic cars, sophisticated phones and laptops were recovered from them while they will be charged to court upon completion of investigations.”
