The four other suspects were yesterday arrested at their hideout at Akobo, Ibadan.
They are Babatunde Afeez, Akorede Ahmed Olalekan, Adeleye Damilola and Moshod Richard.
Aside from the usual equipment associated with internet fraudsters, the EFCC operatives also recovered one female pant from the suspects.
This was made known in a press statement by the Acting, Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Tony Orilade, a copy of which was made available to journalists on Friday.
The arrest, according to Orilade was made possible in a sting operation led by the zonal head, Friday Ebelo, Ibadan zonal head.
Orilade further stated that the suspects are “already helping operatives with useful information.”
The statement by Orilade further put it that “the Commission got wind of their activities following series of intelligence report, alleging that they engaged in various fraudulent activities ranging from obtaining money by false pretences through sending of scam emails to unsuspecting victims mostly in the United States of America, while others were engaged in romance scam on several dating sites.
The suspected cybercriminals are between 21 and 30 years.
Their arrest followed a series of intelligence alleging that the suspected fraudsters engaged in fraudulent activities of obtaining money by false pretences from unsuspecting victims.
Orilade further mentioned items recovered at the point of their arrest, as “SIM cards, one exotic car, laptops, telephones, female underwear’s and four bags of fetish objects (juju) from them.
Several documents containing false pretences were also recovered from the suspects.”
He noted that the suspects will soon be charged to court.
