Crime
EFCC arrests eight ‘Yahoo boys’ in Ogun, seizes cars [PHOTOS]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] has arrested eight suspected fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo Boys, over their alleged involvement in internet crime.
The anti-graft agency, in a statement on Tuesday, listed the suspected Yahoo Boys as Adesanmi Abiodun, Olasupo Emmanuel, Segun Amudah, Aina Oladipo, Babatunde Olawuyi, Oluwaseyi Emmanuel Fagbemiro, Felix Onyebuchi and Abdulazeez Ismaila.
The suspects were arrested on Tuesday in Forthright Estate, Magboro, in Ogun State.
“Their arrest followed intelligence report received by the Commission”, the statement added.
“Items recovered from the suspects include exotic cars, phones and laptops.”
The suspects will soon be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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