Two Lecturers, 28 Others Arrested For Alleged Internet Fraud In Kwara

Two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Abdulahi Opashola and Adebisi Ademola, were among 28 others arrested by the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

They were arrested by the anti-graft agency for alleged internet fraud, popularly known as “Yahoo Yahoo.”

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EFCC’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, gave the names of the 28 other suspects as: Kingsley Essien; Tobiloba Adenuga; Tope Ayodele; Rasheed Mujib; Oladipo Opeyemi; Saadu Muktar; Oladejo Hammed; Hammed Tope; Ameachi Umenyi, Salauden Adam and Afolabi Gafar.

Others are: Oladimeji Timi; Remilekun Adeolu; Audu John; David Momodu; Abdulkareem Samad; Adebiyi Sodiq; Dawodu Olusoji; Yusuf Amoo; Kehinde Olarenwaju; Philip Mike, Ademola Adebukola and Adeniyi Olamilekan.

The rest are: Adeyemi Adedeji; Ajayi Teslem; Olawale Oladayo, Olasunkanmi Olawale and Adeleke Damilola.

He did not, however, state the date of their arrest.

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Oyewale said the arrest of the suspects followed intelligence gathered by operatives of the agency over their alleged involvement in the offence.

The commission’s spokesman added that efforts were ongoing to arrest a herbalist, who is also linked with the alleged offence.

According to him, cars, phones, laptops and other things were recovered from the suspects.

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