Operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have handed over three suspected Yahoo Boys to the Ibadan office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for further investigation.
The suspects who are between 22 and 29 years of age include Ebenezer Oluwafemi, Kolade Sogo, and Olwagbenga Ejikunke.
They were arrested Tuesday 4th, December, 2018 in Ilesha, Osun State following series of intelligence gathered by the operatives.
It was revealed the suspects allegedly got involved in different romance scam posing as female foreigners to fleece unsuspecting victims.
At the point of arrest, varied fetish materials, laptops, and five different brands of telephones were recovered.
Several documents containing false identification were also recovered from the suspects.
According to the Head, Ibadan Office, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the handing over of the three suspects brought the total number of Advance Fee fraudsters arrested in the Ibadan office to 40 in the last couple of weeks.
“The zone is no longer a hiding place for the fraudstersâ€, he stated.
Investigation is still ongoing and the suspects will soon be charged to court.
www.sojworld.com (c) December 8, 2018.
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