Operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ilorin Zonal Command, EFCC, have detained 48 Kwara State University, KWASU, students and two Malete locals for alleged Internet fraud, often known as yahoo-yahoo.
The arrest followed genuine intelligence about the growing trend of yahoo-yahoo business in the state, particularly on universities.
The EFCC stepped in to cleanse the state from corruption and other malicious activities of ‘yahoo-yahoo boys’. On Wednesday, February 21, 2024, agents of the Commission conducted discreet investigations and apprehended the suspects in their different hideouts after days of observation.
Idris Yekini, Ayantola Segun, Adeshina Taheeb, Mustapha Alamin, Usman Harun, Oladimeji Oseni, Qudus Temitope, Adewunmi Israel, Lukman Uthman, Alamin Ibitoye, Usman Sadiq, Musbau Waris, Ibrahim Oluwatosin, Oladele Israel, and Rafiu Ashimu are the suspects.
Aransiola Oluwaseun, Akolade Adetola Toheeb, Joseph Samuel, Adewuyi Quadri, Adebayo Olamilekan, Ogunride Gabriel, Abolaji Ismail, Ogundele Samuel Ejiro, Musa Ali Olawale, Isah Oluwatumishe, Abdullahi Abdulmajib, Abdulralman Abubakar, Olaosebikan Martins, Mazeed Ayomide, Oyeniyi Michael, Moses Bright, Oladipo Victor, Shehu Abdugafar, Abdulmalik.
Others include Abdulwaheed Zakariyah, Olaleye Gbenga, Victor Kayode, Samad Olarewaju, Raheem Ayomide, Ismail Abdulbasit, Oluyedun Khalid, Moshood Lawal, Utman Abayomi, and Aransiola Joshua, as well as Babalola Razaq and Godwin Ouna Ejika, who live in Malete.
The accused were found with nine (9) exotic cars, twenty-four (24) laptops, and several phone brands.
The accused will be arraigned in court once the ongoing investigations are completed.