By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office on Tuesday, arrested 15 suspected Internet fraudsters in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
Also, the EFCC operatives during the operation, foiled an attempt by one of the suspected internet fraudster to flush his phone through a water closet in order to deny access to potentially incriminating data about him.
According to the EFCC Ibadan zonal office ,10 of the suspects were arrested at Akatanpa Powerline, while the other five were nabbed at Kushenla area of Ibadan
The anti graft commission gave the ages of the arrested internet suspects as ranging between t 20 and 28 years, and that the suspects were allegedly hiding behind fake names and identities to perpetrate fraud, dispossessing their unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned money.
EFCC stated that the arrested suspects alleged involvement in internet-related frauds were reported to the Commission by members of their neighborhood who noticed their expensive ways of life even though they are supposedly undergraduates, and without any known source of income.
According to EFCC Ibadan zonal office, items recovered from them include two exotic cars, laptops, mobile phones and several documents containing false pretences and that the
suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
