10 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Oyo (photo)

No fewer than ten suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the antigraft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, the suspects who were identified as Isaac Ogundayo; David Ayodele; Etiowe Kelvin; Seun Afolabi; Saheed Olalekan; Oluwatobi Damilola; Sukanmi Odofin; Ademola Okunola; Joseph Damilare and Abass Sodiq, were arrested in their hideout at Ajinde Road 4, off Akala-Expressway, Ibadan in the early hours of today Friday, October 2 by men of the Commission from the Ibadan Zonal Office.

Uwujaren said the arrest of the suspects followed credible intelligence and many weeks of surveillance on the location.

He added several fraudulent documents and other instruments of fraud were recovered from the suspects at the point of the arrest.

“They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed,” he stated.