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EFCC Arrests 25 LAUTECH Students for Internet Fraud

EFCC Arrests 25 LAUTECH Students for Internet Fraud

EFCC arrests 25 LAUTECH students for alleged internet fraud

byPress Release
September 19, 2019
1 min read

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Operatives of the Advance Fee Fraud Unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Abuja, have arrested 25 students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, for their alleged involvement in various forms of cybercrime including romance scam, love scam, possession of forged documents, and obtaining money by false pretence.

The students, who are aged between 18 and 29 years old, were arrested at their off-campus hostels, following a three-day raid carried out between September 16 and 19, 2019. Operatives acted on intelligence report, which was investigated using sophisticated equipment. The raid also followed months of surveillance and monitoring of their activities.

They include: Pelumi Adigun, 18; Umaru Frederick, 21; Damilola Emmanuel, 22; Tomiwa Oyewole, 29; Adeleke Owolabi, 24; Oladosu Abdullahi, 23; Abdulmusaq Ismail, 25; Isajimi Joshua, 23; Olaniyan Tunde, 22, and Ebosele Francis, 28.

Others are: Oladejo Ibrahim, 26; Oluwadamilare Abimbola, 25; Orimoloye Joshua, 23; Alfred Samuel, 22; Bayewu Ishola, 23; Abiola Gbenga, 25; Alfred Daniel, 20; Agboola Solomon, 21; Arolewola Damilola, 25; Amoo Tunmise, 23; Akeem Taiwo, 25; Segun Ajibola, 25; Hassan Segun, 24; Onicha Joel, 23, and Tafa Bassit, 25.

One of cars owned by the LAUTECH students arrested
One of cars owned by the LAUTECH students arrested
Damilola Emmanuel, Tafa Bassit, Onicha Joel, Umaru Fredrick, Oyewole Tomiwa, Pelumi Adigun
Damilola Emmanuel, Tafa Bassit, Onicha Joel, Umaru Fredrick, Oyewole Tomiwa, Pelumi Adigun
One of cars owned by the LAUTECH students arrested
One of cars owned by the LAUTECH students arrested

In the course of executing the search, Mr Ismail, who confessed to being involved in internet fraud, took operatives round hostels, leading to the arrest of many of the culprits. Some of the suspects who jumped over the fence to escape arrest, were nabbed in the process.

Some of the cars owned by the LAUTECH students arrested
Some of the cars owned by the LAUTECH students arrested
EFCC Arrests 25 LAUTECH Students for Internet Fraud
EFCC Arrests 25 LAUTECH Students for Internet Fraud

Some of the items recovered from them, which are believed to be the proceeds of their illegal activities, include, a 4matic Benz, a Toyota Camry, a Toyota Corolla, two Macbook computers, two iPads, two iPhones and many other documents, which will be subjected to forensic analysis.

The suspected internet fraudsters, who are currently in the custody of the EFCC will besoon be arraigned in court.

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