Kwara: EFCC arrests 24 suspects for internet fraud, one for vote buying

Date: 2019-03-13

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ilorin has arrested 24 suspects for internet fraud and one other for vote buying in Kwara.

Mr Isyaku Sharu, Zonal head of EFCC, Ilorin, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in his office, said that most of those arrested "were vibrant, young and energetic youths, aged between 18 and 25.

"Among those arrested are two corps members, some students of University of Ilorin and others from the Kwara Polytechnic, including their girlfriends

"15 of them have been taken to court, while the remaining 10 girls are still under investigation until we find something against them," he said.

Sharu said that before the Presidential, National Assembly, Governorship and State Assemblies Elections, the commission embarked on an enlightenment programme on both the local media, English and Yoruba media warning citizens against vote buying

" We informed them that vote buying was a criminal offence as structured in the Electoral procedure act "We published our numbers for people to call, and during the last Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, we got calls and we were able to arrest one person for vote buying and we will soon charge him to court," he said.

Sharu said that the commission, in collaboration with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), also arrested a fake Customs controller, who swindled members of the public, issuing them forms for employment and collecting huge sums of money.

"Unsuspected citizens were given forms for employment into the NCS by the suspect, who collected up to N500,000.

"He has since been charged to court," he said.

He said the EFCC will collaborate with stakeholders in the state, like the security agents, law enforcement, traditional institution, Corps members and students against economic and financial crimes in the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Maigida     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Ibrahim Jawondo     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Alaro     Eghe Igbinehi     Sa\'adu Salau     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     High Court     Adedipe     Idi-Ape     Galadima     Lateef Fagbemi     Omu-aran     Fulani     Fareedah Dankaka     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Florence Saraki     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Kwara NIPR     MAI Akande     Sobi FM     NIPOGA     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Twitter     Elese Of Igbaja     Ajuloopin     Kwara Politics     Olaosebikan     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Wahab Isa     Ita-Nmo Market     Aliyu Adebayo     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Baboko     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     SWAN     Olusola Saraki     Jare Olatundun     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Ibrahim Mohammed     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Umar Yakubu Jaja     MMWG     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Firdaos Amasa     Radio Kwara     Salake     COVID     Shuaibu Yaman     Babs Iwarere     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Sheikh Alimi     Yusuf A. Usman     College Of Education     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Durbar Festival     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Oba Abu     IHS     Wahab Agbaje     Tsaragi-Share     Ilorin Like-Minds     Kaosarah Adeyi     Share/Tsaragi     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Binta Abubakar Mora     Universal Basic Education Commission     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Ola Falade     Omotosho     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Kwara Liberation Group    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Patience Jonathan     Baba Isale     Kwara Basketball Association     KwaraLearn     Salami Adekunle     Shade Omoniyi     Mary Arinde     Oyawoye     Kwara State Government     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     CELF     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     NIRSAL     Abdullahi Atanda     Solomon Edojah     Neo Mundo Ltd     Kisra     Sunday Fagbemi     Zara Umar     Edret Sabi Abel     Oko-Erin     Aliyu Salihu     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     NITDA     Mohammed Lawal     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Frootify     Oba Of Jebba     Moses Afolayan     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Tanke     Omu-aran     Adaramaja     Sa\'adu Gambari     Rapheal Ashaolu     Moremi High School     Sango-UITH Road     Jalala     Yakubu Danladi     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Sa\'adu Salau     Ayinde Oyepitan     Kwara State Pension Board     Moshood Mustapha     Henry Olaosebikan     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Press Release     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Ita-Ore     Lawan     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Village Alive Development Association     Dunmade     Benin Republic     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Ahmed Alhasssan     Wahab Issa     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Orisun Igbomina     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Babaloja-General     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     FERMA     Elese Of Igbaja     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Solomon Edoja     Ahmed Bayero     Arandun