Commission, EFCC. Find below…
A surprise dawn raid on two houses in the Lekki area
of Lagos on April 6, yielded the arrest of seven
suspects, all undergraduates studying various courses
in some of the nation’s tertiary institutions.
The undergraduates, who are within the age-range
of 21
and 29 years, include Elete Fred Debi, a 500-level
student of Physics/Production Technology of the
University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
Others are:
Ese Iriruaga, 300-level student of Geology, Delta State
University, Abraka, Delta State; Couson Jimmy, 300-
level student of Computer Science, Benson Idahosa,
University, Benin-City, Edo State; Anthony Onos, 200-
level student of Political Science, Lagos State
University, Ojo, Lagos State; Omene Stephen, 200l
student of Computer Science, University of Port-
Harcourt, Rivers State; Kome Emmanuel, 200l student
of Petroleum Engineering, University of Port-Harcourt
and Shola Muyiwa of the Petroleum Training Institute,
Effurun, Delta State.
They were picked in two houses at Lekki County Homes
and Lekki Phase One, both in the Eti-Osa Local
Government Area of Lagos State following an
intelligence report on their alleged involvement in
sundry internet scams.
The suspects have all made useful statements. One of
them, Shola Muyiwa, confessed that, he recently
collected $100 from one of his victims, Dora Hunt,
based in North Carolina, United States of America.
Various items were recovered from the suspects such
as laptop computers, expensive phones, Ipads and
exotic cars, including a Range Rover Evogue; Honda
Crosstour , Mercedeze Benz C 300 4matic, S 300
Mercedes Benz and Acura ZDX SUV.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as the
investigation is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
14th April, 2014
