EFCC Arrests Nine More ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’ Suspects In P/Harcourt
Nine more suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as “Yahoo boys”, have been arrested by the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Rivers State.
The suspects were arrested on August 26, six days after four University of Port Harcourt students were also arrested for alleged $111,500 internet scam.
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The anti-graft agency’s statement on Friday, gave the names of the suspects as: Sotonye Orugbane; David Egbunugwu; Emmanuel Chinemerem; Providence Oliver Samuel and Emmanuel Fidelis Nwambu.
Others are: Promise Nkwachi; Micah Nimi, Precious Ogadinma and Ebi Micah.
According to the statement, signed by Dele Oyewale, the suspects were picked up during an early morning raid on their hideouts in Ozuoba by Obirikwere Road, Choba; NTA Road and Ada George Road in the state.
Oyewale added that the suspects also specialised in love scam, identity theft, trading scam, among others.
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He said “Items recovered from them include Sixteen (16) Mobile phones of different brands; one (1) HP laptop; two (2) Apple watches and two (2) Vehicles :One Lexus ES 350 with registration number Abuja KUJ 412AT and one Toyota Camry 2.4 with registration number Abuja KWL 35 AT .
“The suspects will be charged to court as soon investigations are concluded.”
The EFCC had in July arrested a student of the same university, Kenneth Gift, his girl friend, Dandy Spice, and mother, Dorah Aninah, for alleged internet fraud in Agbor, Delta State.
The commission also recently arrested fifteen suspects in Lagos and nine others in Minna, Niger State, all alleged to be involved in cyber fraud.
