EFCC arrests OOU students, girlfriends involved in ‘yahoo’ fraud
Some students of Olabisi Onabanjo University have been arrested over their alleged involvement in internet fraud.
The EFCC busted a syndicate comprising 36 suspects – 24 undergraduates and 12 others – at Sawmill Road, Awa-Ijebu in Ogun State.
Twenty-three of the suspects who are between the age range of 19 to 37, were said to be students of the school.
Nine ladies who claimed to be girlfriends and neighbours of some of the suspects were also among those arrested.
The commission said it received intelligence report on the suspects’ activities that they engaged in scamming their victims by sending emails to unsuspecting victims mostly in the United States, while others were engaged in romance scam on several dating sites.
Over three hundred sim cards were recovered from the suspects, as well as different models and brands of exotic cars.
At least 18 laptops (nine being of Apple brand), 50 telephones (21 iphones) and two bags of fetish objects (juju) were also allegedly found in their possession.
One of the suspects is a student of the National Open University of Nigeria, while the other twelve suspects are not students.
The anti-graft agency said they’d be charged to court at the end of investigation.
