Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, Wednesday arrested 7 suspected internet fraudsters.
According to a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan, the arrested suspects included brothers: Ayoola Timilehin, Olusola Timilehin, and Oladayo Fayemi, Tolulope Fayemi and three others.
The statement signed by the EFCC head, media & publicity, Dele Oyewale disclosed that the 7 suspected fraudsters were arrested at their hide out on at Alaka, Elebu area of Ibadan, Oyo state.
EFCC in the statement identified other three suspects arrested by its operatives as Temitope Kumuyi, Babatunde Oyelakin and Olanrewaju Ibrahim. They are all between 20 and 30 years age range.
Stressing that the suspects were arrested based on intelligence linking them with opulence without any identifiable means of livelihood, EFCC listed items recovered from the suspects as four cars, laptops, exotic phones and a stamp bearing the identity of the bursary section of Queensland University’s School of Medicine, Australia.
EFCC maintained that the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
