Tag Archives: EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says its operatives from the Benin Zonal Command, on Tuesday, arrested two owners of yahoo schools and seven other suspected internet fraudsters in Benin City, Edo State. Disclosing this in a terse statement made available to the press on Thursday, the EFCC said two of the arrested suspects run Internet Fraud Coaching Centre (a.k.a HK) in Benin City. The yahoo school owners, Osagie Ogiemwonyi and Onukwugho Favour and… Source link

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested seven suspected internet fraudsters in Ilorin. On Saturday, a statement signed by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the seven suspects were arrested at a hotel close to a popular mall in Ilorin. He said among the suspects were two clerics and a serving corps member. The EFCC spokesperson said preliminary investigations revealed that the two clerics were hired and lodged in the hotel to offer… Source link

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday rescued an alleged kidnapped Yahoo-Yahoo apprentice, Destiny Peter, 17, from an apartment in Mpape, Abuja. EFCC in a statement said Peter was rescued after he reached them on its official Twitter handle, on July 1, reporting how some internet fraudster kidnapped him and intended to use him for rituals. He was asked to send his location and the anti-graft agency immediately mobilized a team of detectives to the area… Source link