Operatives of the Financial and Monetary Crime Fee, Sokoto Command, have raided and arrested 23 alleged Web fraudsters in any other case referred to as ‘Yahoo Yahoo boys’ within the Bafarawa Property in Sokoto metropolis.
A supply from the zonal workplace of the EFCC in Sokoto mentioned that other than the Bafarawa Property, Kalkalawa space of Sokoto State was additionally raided after an Intelligence-driven statement together with intensive shut monitoring proved that the younger males live above their means with no real supply of earnings.
This in keeping with the supply led operatives of the fee to swoop and arrest them whereas investigations continued.
These arrested embody Pleasure Ofem, Azeez .o. Naimot, Ibrahim Amadu, Aigbekan Daniel, Adedayo Michael, Imran Mubaraq and Oliyide Habeeblah
Others embody Wasiu Lukman Adekunle, Musa Abdulaziz, Abdullahi Ibrahim, Adejoh Nebiu Muhammad, Ibrahim Mubarak, Ahmed Ibrahim Abdullahi, Abdullahi Sanusi Adejoh and Umar Idris.
The checklist additionally consists of Muhammad Nuhu, Faisal Ahmed, Aliyu Ismail, Elijah Adebayo, Abubakar Bashir, Sakariya Ibrahim, Balogun Abdulayyan in addition to Buni Husaini.
A number of the gadgets recovered embody a Crimson Corolla Sport 2009, a White Corolla 2015, 16 totally different laptops, 1 Generator
30 totally different telephones and a pair of MTN Routers.
The supply nonetheless revealed that they might be charged to court docket as quickly as investigations had been concluded.
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