Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested alleged Internet fraudsters in Lagos.
Spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, announced this in a statement Tuesday.
He said the suspects were apprehended at different locations along Lekki-Epe expressway.
They are Oyedokun Opeyemi Abdulrazaq, Olowofela Temidayo, Moses Ossai, Dada Samuel Abiodun, Francis Victor Oluwatobi, Ayobami Akanji, Osun Gbenga, Doroye Olumide Joseph, Ajayi Oluwaseyi Emmanuel, Olalekan Olaniyi Akonji,Oluwadare Samuel Olawale, Oloyede Olakunle.
Ajayi Femi, Adewara Oluwadamilola, Anthony Okun, Olusegun Ibukunoluwa, Boluwatife Adewale, Jerry Agoh, Oluseye Ayomipo, Anthony Adedolapo Dada, John Adamso Tobi, Asagba James Oluwaseun, Okon Ayomide Cornelius, Omokaro Ailele Jeffery, Ideh Rukeme Oghenetega.
Others include Oluwasina Temitope, Kareem Hassan, Fagbemiro Ayomide, Olaegbe Hammed, Ejede Victor, Allen Abimbola, Peter Nwaneri, Egbe David Morgan, Abu Mathew, Anjola Emmanuel, Olashile Gabriel, Omobolaji Solomon, Allen Ayoola, Odenike Sodiq and Confidence Atipko.
They were mostly arrested at Awoyaya and Oral Estate areas on August 29 and September 1, 2022.
They are allegedly involved in computer-related fraud, identity theft and obtaining money under false pretences.
The EFCC said credible intelligence caused its men and women to swoop on the suspects.
Laptop computers, mobile devices containing false documents and several vehicles were recovered during the raids.
All the suspects will soon be charged to court, the EFCC, added.
