EFCC Invades 3 Universities to Raid Suspected Yahoo Boys

The   Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested  30 students of   Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta, as well as those of Olabisi  Onabanjo University.

The anti-corruption body arrested FUNAAB, MAPOLY students on Wednesday, after storming the Ibogun campus of the OOU  in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State to arrest some students of the school.

A student of OOU, Samson Adeyemi, who is also the students’  spokesperson, claimed the EFCC  agents took away 18 students from the Ibogun campus.

According to him, the agents arrived at some students’ hostels around 12am on Tuesday and broke in through the windows and the doors before making arrests.

It was learnt that operatives raided student apartments, claiming that they were Internet fraudsters. Some cars, laptops and phones were taken away.

It was learnt that they carried out the operations in Safari, Abule-Ojere, Gbokoniyi, Kemta and Alabata, all in Abeokuta,   reportedly dominated by  MAPOLY and FUNAAB students.

An eyewitness, who recorded a 25-second video of the raid on a building in Abule-Ojere,  said the operatives carted away from a car, laptops, but could not get the suspected  Internet fraudsters living in those apartments.

A student,  who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was accosted on his way home by  EFCC officials, but was later released after they searched him and could not find any incriminating material on him.

A 50-second  video from one of the victims whose apartment was allegedly raided by the  EFCC was also seen.

In the video, the victim believed to be a student of MAPOLY lamented that he was not a fraudster, but his apartment was raided.

The victim claimed that the operatives broke into his room through the windows and ransacked his apartment.