EFCC arrests 20 internet fraud suspects in Kwara

Date: 2023-06-06

In its bid to curb the rising tide of internet fraud related crimes particularly among the youths, operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 20 suspects over offences bordering on cybercrime.

A statement signed by Wilson Uwujaren, the head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, made available to the PUNCH correspondent in Ilorin, Kwara State on Tuesday said that the arrest was the second of such operation within the last one month in Ilorin.

Recall that on May 4, 2023, operatives of the EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command, arrested 62 suspected internet fraudsters including a convict, one Raji Wasiu Babatunde, whom the Commission had last year secured his conviction over similar offence.

The statement said, “The latest arrest, which followed credible intelligence, took place at Egbejila, Airport Road and Offa Garage area, all in Ilorin.

“The suspects are Habeeb Abubakar, Abiola Abiodun, Atitebi Samuel, Emmanuel Mofe Oborirhwoho, John Adamson, Mayowa Akinola Victor, Oluwafemi Smith Ola, Abdullahi Isiak, Orji Daniel Roland, Martinson Adegboyega and Kolawole Temidayo.

“Others are Orimadegun Bashir Ishola, Tijani Quadri, Adebisi Kazeem, Umar Abdulkareem, Adebisi Teslim, Okunlola Idris Ayomide, Quadri Lekan, Ukueni Great and Adeyeye Usman.

“Items recovered from them upon arrest include different brands of phones, laptops and exotic cars.

“The suspects will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of the ongoing investigations”, the statement said.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

LAK Jimoh     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Umar Ayinla Saro     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Justina Oha     Aiyedun     Fatimoh Lawal     Onikijipa     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Sebastine Obasi     Salman Jawondo     Trader Moni     Salman Suleiman     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Orisun Igbomina     Basit Olatunji     Agbarere     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Olabode Towoju     Arik     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Amasa     Niyi Osundare     Oba Abdulrahim     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Abdulkareem Alabi     20 Billion Bond     ASKOMP     Sherif Sagaya     Adegoke Bamidele     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Abubakar Ndakene     Matthew Babaoye     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Kawu Baraje     Bola Olukoju     Jani Ibrahim     Danhawa     Funmi Salau     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Ayo Opadokun     TESCOM 2025     Ilorin East     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Apado     Kwara State Governor     Kabir Shagaya     COVID-19 Palliatives     Bukola Saraki     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Centre For Digital Economy     Mohammed Abduraheem     Musa Aibinu     Dagbalodo     Talaka Parapo     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     SSA Youth     Ayobami Akanbi     Muyideen Ajani Bello     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Eghe Igbinehin     NIPOGA     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Modibbo Kawu     Unicontinental Construction Company     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Haleeman Salman     Kwara State Television     Ibrahim Abiodun     Tunde Akanbi     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Toyin Sanusi     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Kwara Liberation Group    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Balogun Ajikobi     Sam Okaula     Gwanara     Park     Turaki Of Ilorin     Abubakar Imam     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Elerin Of Adanla     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Wahab Isa     Eghe Igbinehin     Balogun Gambari     Imam Gambari     KWSUED     Suleiman Ajadi     Adebara     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Tosho Yaqub     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Quareeb     Lanre Issa Onilu     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Awili Pedro     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Mahee Abdulkadir     Taofeek Ibraheem     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Omotoso Musa     Sango-UITH Road     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ilorin     Kwara NIPR     Henry Olaosebikan     Albert Ogunsola     Saka Onimago     Tope Daramola     Odo-Owa     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Yusuf Abdulraheem     NaAllah     Ayekale     AbdulGafar Tosho     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Olatunde Jare     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Oyin-Zubair     NURTW     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Fulani     Shehu Adaramaja     LAK Jimoh     Nigerian Medical Association     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     CCEPE     Unicontinental Construction Company     Ilorin Curfew     Abdullahi Biffo     Halidu Danbaba     Eghe Igbinehi     Hassanat Bello     Danhawa     Abubakar B.M     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Bature Bello     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Ahman Pategi     Tosin Saraki     Sabo-Oke     Ishaq Oloyede     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah