CRIME Police hand over 3 suspected internet fraudsters to EFCC
Like us on follow us on Twitter: Operatives of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have handed over three suspected advance fee fraudsters to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The suspects, Ebenezer Adeniyi Oluwafemi, Kolade Samuel Sogo and Olwagbenga Majeed Ejikunke, were reportedly arrested on December 4 in Ilesha, Osun State following series of intelligence gathered by the operatives.
It was gathered that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects were involved in many romance scams posing as female foreigners to fleece unsuspecting victims on the social media.
It was further gathered that at the point of arrest, varied fetish materials, two laptops, and five brands of phones were recovered from them. Several documents said to contain false pretences were also recovered from the suspects.
According to the Head, Ibadan Office of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, the handing over of the three suspects brought the total number of advance fee fraudsters arrested by the Ibadan office to 40 in the last couple of weeks. “The zone is no longer a hiding place for fraudsters”, he stated.
He added that investigation is still ongoing and the suspects will soon be charged to court. A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State has sentenced a 25-year-old man to seven years imprisonment for human trafficking.The sentencing was without an option of fine.
The convict, Eric David was arrested on the allegation of trafficking a 19-year-old-girl (name withheld) to Mali for sexual exploitation.
Report indicated that he had earlier trafficked the victim to Mali for prostitution and returned to Nigeria to recruit more girls.
“In the process, the victim was able to contact her sister Juliet who pretended to be a friend of the victim and showed interest in travelling to Mali. The suspect was nabbed when he went to pick Juliet.”
The convict pleaded guilty to the four-count charge when he was arraigned and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
The Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP), Dame Julie Okah-Donli, commended the Judiciary for the accelerated hearing of the case and urged Nigerians to continue to report cases of human trafficking to the agency.