Five internet fraudsters, popularly called Yahoo Boys, have been arrested over N26.4m, proceeds of a fraud that made four of them to kidnap their colleague.
The suspects, Haruna Usman, Agbe Simeon, Messiah Nicky, Oladapo Dolapo and Yetunde Shonola were arrested at Orile Imo village, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Usman was lured to an herbalist where he was abducted by others for short-changing them in the shady deal they undertook together. He was said to have given them only N2m from the fraud proceeds, a money that was paid into his account
This is as per state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Thursday, where he said their arrests was the result of tip-off.
Oyeyemi’s words, “Upon the information, the DPO, Owode-Egba division, CSP Popoola Olasunkanmi, quickly mobilised his men and stormed the area, where four of the abductors were apprehended while two others escaped.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and the suspects belong to an Internet fraud syndicate, and they recently swindled somebody whose identity is not yet known out of the sum of N26,437,950, but the victim only gave the sum of N2,200,000 to his colleagues, claiming that the money had not been paid completely by their client.
“This infuriated his colleagues, who then lured him to an herbalist home at Orile-Imo and held him hostage there since Thursday, December 22, 2022, with the threat to kill him if he refused to give them their complete share.
“But while they were there, information got to the police, who moved in, rescued the victim and apprehended four of the abductors, while others escaped.”
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