The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Office operatives have paraded 19 suspected internet fraudsters who were arrested at Ologuneru and Akobo areas, of Ibadan, Oyo State, recovering a female pant and fetish materials from them.
Mr. Tony Oriade, Acting, Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, confirmed this in a statement released to press men on Friday.
The EFCC spokesman disclosed that the arrest was carried out through an operation led by the zonal head, Friday Ebelo, Ibadan zonal head. According to him, the EFCC operatives recovered one female pant from the suspects arrested in Akobo area, Ibadan.
He further said “the suspects who are between the ages of 21 and 35 years were taken by surprise when operatives swept on them at one of their notorious havens in the city. Five of them allegedly claimed to be undergraduates while the other 10 claimed to be self-employed in varied vocations.
Their names were given as Bamidele Ayodele Samson, Bamidele Philip, Tunji Oladapo Sowale, Bololaji Olalekan and Abdulrauf Abiodun.
Others are: Olaleye Pelumi, Anuokuwapo Olanrewaju, Paul Damilola, Olateye David Tobi, Arewa Adekunle Ibrahim, Oyesanmi Ayomikun Oluwaseun, Olaleye Israel, Adediran Kemisola, Omobolade Alarape and Olowolusi Oluwatomisin.
The four other suspects who were arrested at the early hours of Friday, February 1, 2019 in their hideout at Akobo, Ibadan are, Babatunde Afeez, Akorede Ahmed Olalekan, Adeleye Damilola and Moshod Richard.
"@The Commission got wind of their activities following series of intelligence report, alleging that they engaged in various fraudulent activities ranging from obtaining money by false pretences through sending of scam emails to unsuspecting victims mostly in the United States of America, while others were engaged in romance scam on several dating sites.
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“At the point of arrest, EFCC operatives recovered four different models and brands of exotic cars, five laptops, 20 telephones (10 iPhones) and one small bag containing items suspected to be fetish objects (juju) from them. Several documents, including international passports, and debit cards were recovered from them, " the EFCC spokesman said.
Some of the items recovered from the suspects, according the anti-graft sookesperson are :- SIM cards, one exotic car, laptops, telephones, female underwear’s and four bags of fetish objects (juju) from them. Several documents containing false pretences were also recovered from the suspects.”
He noted that the suspects will soon be charged to court, adding that the suspects are “already helping operatives with useful information.”
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