Operatives from the Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, April 25, 2019 arrested 32 people suspected to be internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo Boys.
Most of them hid themselves in some ridiculous places in the house where they were arrested. Some of the suspects hid themselves inside chairs and the rest but they were smoked out.
Aged between 15 and 39 years, the suspects were arrested at Liberty Estate, Laderin area of Abeokuta, Ogun during an early morning sting operation carried out by men of the commission.
Due to the timing, the suspects were taken by surprise when the EFCC operatives swept on them at one of their notorious havens in the ancient city.
Fourteen of them claimed to be undergraduates, while 18 others said they are self-employed in various vocations.
The arrest was sequel to a petition detailing their alleged fraudulent activities, including internet fraud through which they obtain money from unsuspecting victims.
Items recovered from them include six exotic cars, laptops, mobile phones, several documents containing false pretences and fetish objects.
According to the commission’s spokesperson, Tony Orilade, the suspects are already helping operatives with useful information adding, “They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded”.
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Yahoo,yahoo is not our problems senators carrying money to overseas you don’t arrest them you go out for poor people doing yahoo,please free those guys ,after all the money recovered what impact has it done to our economy now fuel pump price is going to #200 per liter,I beg leave those guys for Christ sake
I’m tire for this Nija ..like seriously .. Why our government . den go the boost Yahoo guyZ .. Our government go dey still money .. Den no go .go carry them. Then go look for Yahoo guyZ .. Then I no blem ppl we dey do yahoo .. Cuz Nija no get future for youth
They nab this they nab that. Will dat solve our economic problem let them focus on the politicians dat are sucking our economy dry. Yahoo boys have in no way have effect in our economy… Anuty blogger abeg how many times u don hear about robbery e don drop die…. I hate d way we do our blogging in 9ja…
All I know is that we are all thief’s. politicians are there nothing you do about saraki again, you are carry guy’s to court because of wot?,did efcc pertain to yahoo Yahoo?, god go soon catch you too EFCC THIEF’S.
abeg I won ask buhari and the so called Efcc…without yahoo how Nigeria youth go take Savior.. see youth for they still for aso rock self
Everyday YAHOO YAHOO,Nawa for Nigeria. What about the EFCC ?, Any of the members of your family do not do YAHOO?
Be happy arresting other people’s children all the name you are working for the government just to collect rank. We are just useless for this our country because anybody with uniform they oppress us e.g Police, Mopol, road safety, VIO and Agbero except the ARMY.
In the other other day I slept B Division police station in warri without no reason then they collected 5,000 naira from me in the morning.
Please stop chasing Yahoo boys, they are the reason why we are still having money and is like they are our government.
Nobody is only…. E get who never chop yahoo money? E.g EFCC,Police and mapol, they are all thieves.
Check it out, back then, no policeman has cars or houses because his salary is too low and he can not afford it. But now, check it out, the Nigerian police are buying cars and building houses without their money. Shame on you people.
..SHAME ON YOU 9JA.N..POLICE…YOU..WILL..ARREST YAHOO BOYS TODAY. TOMORROW..YOU..WILL..GO..WORK..EKELEBE..FOR THEM..AM..DISAPPOINTED…
nothing wey never happen in this nigeria,
wetin all this criminals wey called themselves EFCC wan boys to dey do? yahoo is now daily News in this fucking country. its unfair.
the shameless efcc should start from all this cowards that stays in Nigeria as politicians.
Hmm.. na person wey dey top nai get power. it’s like we go dey fight this so called uniform men now..
face to face. Hypocrites
Free them biko
Their papa…who efcc help,stupid people
They should arrest those stealing public finds there are there chasing employed youth trying to take care of their self and families,shame on Nigerian government,they have failed the youths.
Time is coming when youth start fighting those silly people.I can’t say more than this
please free to my brothers, it is not their fault but the country’s inability to maintain a stable economy cuz the ain’t always working so its on us to do what we gonna to survive.
if you can nab Yahoo guys that scam through the internet, why can’t you nab the senators that took public funds to all over the country building investment with stolen funds…. government free the brethren! Free the brethren!! free the brethren!!!
this is a last warning to you government. else, there will be internal crisis.
Just free those guys, you can collect what you caught them with, but free them.