EFCC arrests suspected internet fraudsters in ‘yahoo academy’

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes  Commission (EFCC), has arrested 14 persons suspected to be internet fraud at a ‘Yahoo Academy’ in Makurdi.

The agency via its X page formerly known as Twitter, said based on intelligence, operatives from the Makurdi Zonal Command raided a three-bedroom apartment along Achusa Road, Benue State, which was said to be a training centre for internet fraud trainees.

Some of the items recovered at the point of arrest include laptops, ATM cards, phones, one Firman generator and a Toyota Corolla car.

The names of the suspects are: Asongu Terungwa, Aese Sonter, Nyoosu Terungwa, John Kator, Udi  Aodona, Terungu Mnyam, Iorwuese Terhide, Ule Francis, Imoter Gloor Emmanuel and Samuel Lubem, Wergba Tertamge, Erukaa Ephraim, Agenale Franklin and Abechi Toryila.

Also, the anti-graft agency earlier arrested 14 undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State over their alleged nefarious activities. The operatives also arrested 19 other suspended Internet fraudsters.

The agency noted that the suspects would be charged in court after investigations.

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