Fourty-eight students of the Kwara State University, KWASU, Malete, and two residents of the town have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Command over offences bordering on Internet fraud, popularly referred to as yahoo-yahoo.
The arrest was sequel to credible intelligence over the rising trend of yahoo-yahoo business in the state, especially on campuses.
Upon discrete investigations, operatives of the Commission closed up on the suspects and got them arrested at their various hideouts after days of surveillance on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.
The suspects are: Idris Yekini, Ayantola Segun, Adeshina Taheeb, Mustapha Alamin, Usman Harun, Oladimeji Oseni, Qudus Temitope, Adewunmi Israel, Lukman Uthman, Alamin Ibitoye, Usman Sadiq, Musbau Waris, Ibrahim Oluwatosin, Oladele Israel and Rafiu Ashimu.
Others include: Aransiola Oluwaseun, Akolade Adetola Toheeb, Joseph Samuel, Adewuyi Quadri, Adebayo Olamilekan, Ogunride Gabriel, Abolaji Ismail, Ogundele Samuel Ejiro, Musa Ali Olawale, Isah Oluwatumishe, Abdullahi Abdulmajib, Abdulralman Abubakar, Olaosebikan Martins, Mazeed Ayomide, Oyeniyi Michael, Moses Bright, Oladipo Victor, Shehu Abdugafar, Abdulmalik Khalid Timileyin, Muhammad Nabil, Adebayo Qudus and Owoeye Adeyanju.
Also on the list of those arrested are Abdulwaheed Zakariyah, Olaleye Gbenga, Victor Kayode, Samad Olarewaju, Raheem Ayomide, Ismail Abdulbasit, Oluyedun Khalid, Moshood Lawal, Utman Abayomi and Aransiola Joshua, while the two residents of Malete are Babalola Razaq and Godwin Ouna Ejika.
Items recovered from the suspects include nine (9) exotic cars, twenty-four (24) laptops, and different brands of phones, according to a statement by the media unit of the zonal command.
The suspects will soon be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of ongoing investigations.
