The
EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested five suspected undergraduate scammers.
Four from the Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA) and one from
Adekunle Ajashin University, Akungba, (AAUA). They were picked up at an Off-
Campus Residence located at Anuoluwapo Close, Stateline Hotel Road, off FUTA
South Gate, Akure, Ondo State.
They
suspects who are between the ages of 20 and 23 include: Adeleke Paul, 21,
Adebiyi Tayo Abudu, 22, Akinsanmi Olusola Adeniyi 21, Ogundile Ademola James,
23 and Okali Ugochukwu, 21.
The
Commission got wind of their activities through series of gathered
intelligence. Paul and his co-travelers, who go about with the name Tsunnami
Gang and Young Pablo Money allegedly swindled unsuspecting foreigners and
others to the tune of Sixteen million naira (N16M) recently by engaging in
fraudulent activities of obtaining money by false pretences through scam mails.
Paul
is a 300 student of Building Technology while James and Olusola are both 400
level students of Agricultural Resources and Mathematics respectively. Okali is
a 200 level student of Urban and Regional Planning, while Adebiyi Tayo is a 300
level Student of Mathematics of the Adekunle Ajashin University Akungba, Ondo
State.
At
the point of arrest, EFCC operatives recovered a 2006, black Toyota Highlander
with registration number (Lagos) LND 112 EG, 2010 light- green Toyota Camry
(Muscle) with registration number (Lagos) AAA 850 EF, laptops, three Apple
iPhone 6 and three Blackberry phones from them. Some implicating documents were
also found and downloaded from their laptops.
They
are to be arraigned in court soon as investigation is completed.
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