Crime
EFCC arrests dozens of internet fraudsters in Kwara state
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
No fewer than 28 of them are male, and were picked up at different locations in Ado-Ekiti based on credible intelligence obtained by the Command.
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, according to EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwujaren.
The Command also arrested four persons suspected to have been involved in similar offences over the weekend in Ilorin.
Some of the items recovered from the suspects at the point of arrest included expensive phones, different brands of laptops and a car.
The suspects will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of the ongoing investigations.
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