EFCC arrests 25 LAUTECH students for internet fraud
Operatives
of the Advance Fee Fraud Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC Abuja Headquarters, have arrested 25 students of the Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, for their involvement
in various forms of cybercrime including romance scam, love scam, possession of
forged documents, and obtaining money by false pretense.
The students,
who are aged between 18 and 29 years old, were arrested at their off-campus
hostels, following a three-day raid carried out between September 16 and 19,
2019. Operatives acted on intelligence report, which was investigated using
sophisticated equipment. The raid also followed months of surveillance and
monitoring of their activities.
They
include: Pelumi Adigun, 18; Umaru Frederick, 21; Damilola Emmanuel, 22; Tomiwa
Oyewole, 29; Adeleke Owolabi, 24; Oladosu Abdullahi, 23; Abdulmusaq Ismail, 25;
Isajimi Joshua, 23; Olaniyan Tunde, 22, and Ebosele Francis, 28.
Others are:
Oladejo Ibrahim, 26; Oluwadamilare Abimbola, 25; Orimoloye Joshua, 23; Alfred
Samuel, 22; Bayewu Ishola, 23; Abiola Gbenga, 25; Alfred Daniel, 20; Agboola
Solomon, 21; Arolewola Damilola, 25; Amoo Tunmise, 23; Akeem Taiwo, 25; Segun
Ajibola, 25; Hassan Segun, 24; Onicha Joel, 23, and Tafa Bassit, 25. In the
course of executing the search, Ismail, who confessed to being involved in
internet fraud, took operatives round hostels, leading to the arrest of many of
the culprits. Some of the suspects who jumped over the fence to escape arrest,
were nabbed in the process. Some of the items recovered from them, which are
believed to be the proceeds of their illegal activities online, include, a
4matic Benz, a Toyota Camry, a Toyota
Corolla, two Macbook computers, two iPads, two iPhones and many other
documents, which will be subjected to forensic analysis.
The
suspected internet fraudsters, who are currently in the custody of the EFCC
will be soon be arraigned in court.
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