Ibadan club owner, 21 other suspected internet fraudsters Arrested by EFCC
The owner of De Rock Club, Ring Road, Ibadan, AdepojuOlawale Sunday and 21 other suspected internet fraudsters were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The club owner and the other suspected internet fraudsters, according to EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, were arrested in an intelligence-driven operation carried out by the operatives from the Ibadan Zonal Command of the anti-corruption commission.
Uwujaren informed that a couple: AladenusiAdegboyeyegaAyodeji and AladenusiOmowunmiSadiat (aka Bonnie and Clyde) was among the 21 other suspected internet fraudsters arrested alongside Adepoju Sunday.
Others, according to the EFCC spokesman, were AjuwonOmobola Ibrahim; OgunniyiAtilade Stephen; BolajiOlawaleQuadri; OlajireUsthmanOlamilekan; Ojo Faruq Kolapo; KajeroBabatundeSodiq; Kareem TaiwoAbiodun; BolajiBolarinwaToheeb; Banjo MichealToyin and Clement Clemson Adeseye.
Also arrested were BabalolaSegun Samuel; OpeyemiGbengaOmoyemi; OkesanyaSeyi Matthew; Kareem KehindeDamilola; AledegbeAkinolaQodir; AkindeleAyodele Solomon; AdewopoAdesuyi John; IyiolaDolapoRidwan and Olabosinde Hammed Adesola.
The 36-year-old Sunday, a graduate of Industrial Chemistry from the OlabisiOnabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, also runs Helpline Foundation, Special Service Global Trust (S.S.G) Limited, all in Ibadan.
He was said to have been arrested with a 2020 Range Rover HSE Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).
The EFCC spokesman stated that the suspects were arrested after a series of surveillance and intelligence on their alleged criminal activities.
He informed that items recovered from them include five cars; laptop computers; mobile phones and incriminating documents containing false presences.
Uwujaren added that they will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
(Tribune)
