Operatives from the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested fourteen suspected internet fraudsters at a “Yahoo Academy” in Makurdi.
According to a statement on the agency’s X account, the suspects were arrested at a three-bedroom apartment along Achusa Road, Benue State, believed to be a training centre for internet fraud trainees.
It disclosed that they were rounded up during a raid of the building by the operatives on Wednesday.
The suspects are: Asongu Terungwa, Aese Sonter, Nyoosu Terungwa, John Kator, Udi Aodona, Terungu Mnyam, Iorwuese Terhide, Ule Francis, Imoter Gloor Emmanuel and Samuel Lubem.
Others include Wergba Tertamge, Erukaa Ephraim, Agenale Franklin and Abechi Toryila.
Items recovered include laptops, ATM cards, phones, one Firman generator and a Toyota Corolla car.
It would be recalled that the EFCC had on November 28, 2019 arrested 23 trainers and trainees at a “Yahoo Academy” at Essien Essien Street, Ikot Ibiok village in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
Also, operatives of the commission had on Monday, January 22, 2024 arrested twenty-four suspected internet fraudsters at a storey building suspected to be a criminal hideout for training internet fraudsters in the State.
