Crime & SecurityNewsEFCC Apprehends Information Technology Expert, Six Others For Internet Fraud

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended an Information Technology (IT) expert and six others for alleged internet fraud.

A statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan said the suspects were arrested at Main Stay Hotel, Akala Express Area in Ibadan.

Items recovered from the suspects included a car, cell phones, laptops, and several incriminating documents.

“The operation followed a series of intelligence reports linking them with alleged fraudulent activities.

“The activities ranged from love scam on numerous dating sites, obtaining money by false pretenses and other fraud still being investigated”, the statement added.

The EFCC spokesperson said that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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