EFCC Nabs 9 Yahoo Boys in Port Harcourt
The Port Harcourt Zonal office of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday August 26, 2020 arrested
nine
suspected internet fraudsters.
The suspects are: Sotonye Orugbane; David Egbunugwu; Emmanuel
Chinemerem; Providence Oliver Samuel and Emmanuel Fidelis
Nwambu.
Others are: Promise Nkwachi; Micah Nimi, Precious Ogadinma and
Ebi Micah.
They were apprehended in an early morning raid on their hideout
in Ozuoba by Obirikwere Road, Choba; NTA Road and Ada George Road
in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State.
Investigations indicate that the suspects specialize in love
scam, online Bitcoin scam, identity theft, trading scam, among
others.
Items recovered from them include Sixteen (16) Mobile phones of
different brands; one (1) HP laptop; two (2) Apple watches and
two
(2) Vehicles :One Lexus ES 350 with registration number Abuja KUJ
412 AT and one Toyota Camry 2.4 with registration number Abuja KWL
35 AT .
The suspects will be charged to court as soon investigations are
concluded.
Dele Oyewale
Head, Media & Publicity
28/08/2020