EFCC foils suspect’s attempt to flush away phone, arrests 15 ‘yahoo boys’ in Ibadan

Doosuur Iwambe

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan zonal office on Tuesday, botched an attempt by a suspected internet fraudster to flush his phone through a water closet in order to deny access to potentially incriminating data about him.

In a statement by the EFCC Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, the 20-year-old suspect, Fisayo Falade, was among the 15 young men arrested in Ibadan on Tuesday for internet-related crimes when the Commission’s operatives conducted a raid on two locations in the ancient city.

Ten of the suspects according to the statement were arrested at Akatanpa Powerline, while the other five were nabbed at Kushenla area of the Oyo State capital.

Ranging between the ages of 20 and 28 years, the suspects were allegedly hiding behind fake names and identities to perpetrate fraud, dispossessing their unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned money.

Their alleged involvement in internet-related frauds were reported to the Commission by members of their neighbourhood who noticed their expensive ways of life even though they are supposedly undergraduates, and without any known source of income.

Items recovered from them include two exotic cars, laptops, mobile phones and several documents containing false pretences.

The statement added that the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.