The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ilorin zonal command recently arrested 34 suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State and Ilorin, Kwara State.
While 30 of the suspected fraudsters were arrested in Ekiti, four were apprehended in Ilorin.
The 30 suspects, comprising 28 males and two females were arrested at different locations in Ado-Ekiti based on credible intelligence obtained by the Command.
A statement shared on the anti-graft agency Facebook page on identified the suspects as Godspower Falodun, Omoniyi Pelumi, Victor Damilola, Akerele Olugbenga, Oluwatosin Alade, Abayomi Aderinwa, Ologunsoro Ayodeji, Olakunle Bidemi, Emmanuel Olukayode, Ojo Tobi, Ayeni Kayode, Ezekiel Ayomide, Tunde Lukman, Onikoyi Tobi, Busayo Obadu, Abiodun Taofeek, Ajayi Opeyemi and Ebenezer Ayodeji.
Others are Akinola Paul, Jacob Wisdom, Akinrinmola Olumide, Lawrence Abimbola, Tope Abejide, Busuyi Ajewole, Seyi Ajewole, Sunday Pelumi, Sunday Pelumi, Fapohunda Paul and Aguh Henry, while Omowumi Victoria and Peace Beloved were the only females amongst the suspects.
Items including six exotic cars worth millions of naira, forty-seven different brands of phones and sixteen laptops were recovered from the suspects at the point of arrest, the statement said.
Meanwhile the four suspects arrested in Ilorin for similar offences, include: Oyewole Moruf Damilare, Abdul-salam Quzeem, Mohammed Bello and Olusanya Idowu Lukman were arrested in Agric Estate, Sango area of Ilorin following a tip-off on their alleged unwholesome activities.
“Some of the items recovered from the suspects at the point of arrest included expensive phones, different brands of laptops and a car,” the statement added.
The arrests were made on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.