BREAKING: EFCC Smokes Out 32 suspected Yahoo Boys hiding inside chairs (photos)
Security agencies from the Ibadan office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, April 25, 2019 apprehended 32 people suspected to be internet fraudsters popularly known as “Yahoo-Yahoo Boys.”
They were arrested in some ridiculous places where they were hiding. Some of the suspects were found inside chairs and the rest in other places where they were smoked out.
The suspects, who were between the age of 15 and 39 years, were arrested at Liberty Estate, Laderin area of Abeokuta, Ogun during an early morning sting operation carried out by men of the commission.
The suspects were caught by the EFCC operatives at one of their notorious ports in the ancient city.
Mouthpiece NG gathered that Fourteen of them are undergraduates, while the rest self-employed in various vocations.
The judgment was sequel to a petition detailing their alleged fraudulent activities, including internet fraud through which they extort money from unsuspecting victims.
Items recovered from them include six exotic cars, laptops, mobile phones, several documents containing false pretences and fetish objects.
Reacting, the police commissioner’s spokesperson, Tony Orilade, said the suspects are already helping operatives with useful information.