Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have apprehended 19 suspects allegedly involved in internet and related criminal activities.
In a statement, the anti-graft agency said the suspects were arrested from their hideout, a guest house located in the Mpape suburb of Abuja on January 29, 2021.
The agency said the arrest followed actionable intelligence on their alleged criminal activities.
It said that the suspects were Sheyi Abimbola,Ogunsanmi Mola, Akinyemi Ayomide, Babatunde Owoeye, Ife – Oluwa Gbadebo, Friday Owocho, Olorunwa Emmanuel, Jibrin Sediq, Jonah Maxwell, Ibrahim Mustapha and Shaibu Chris.
Others, according to the agency, were Gabriel Ekele, Kolawole Omitogun, Washma Samuel, Yusuf Ayomide Abdulazeez, Moshood Awowole, Farouk Olamilekan, Adebayo Samuel and Lekan Olufowobi.
Items recovered from them, the agency said, included mobile phones and laptop computers containing various incriminating documents.
EFCC said they would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded.
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