Operatives of the Advance Fees Fraud Unit of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja yesterday arrested 25
students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho,
Oyo State, for their alleged involvement in various forms of cybercrimes,
including romance scam, love scam, possession of forged documents, and
obtaining money by false pretence.
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.
The suspects arrested are 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.
An EFCC statement said 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 scaled 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, included a Benz SUV, 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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