Posted on: 07:37 Sat, 19 Sep 2020



Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC), Ilorin zonal office, have arrested two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa; Abdulahi Opashola and Adebisi Ademola and twenty-eight others over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud.

This is contained in a press statement issued by the Commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, made available to journalists in Ilorin.

The suspects were arrested at different locations within Kwara State, following intelligence reports gathered by operatives of the Commission over their alleged involvement in the offence.

The statement added the commission is also tracking the herbalist working for the alleged fraudsters said to be on the run. Items recovered from the suspects now in the custody of the commission include cars, phones, laptops among others.

The twenty-eight other suspects as listed in the statement are: Kingsley Essien; Tobiloba Adenuga; Tope Ayodele; Rasheed Mujib; Oladipo Opeyemi; Saadu Muktar; Oladejo Hammed; Hammed Tope; Ameachi Umenyi, Salauden Adam and Afolabi Gafar.

Others are: Oladimeji Timi; Remilekun Adeolu; Audu John; David Momodu; Abdulkareem Samad; Adebiyi Sodiq; Dawodu Olusoji; Yusuf Amoo; Kehinde Olarenwaju; Philip Mike, Ademola Adebukola and Adeniyi Olamilekan.

The rest are : Adeyemi Adedeji; Ajayi Teslem; Olawale Oladayo, Olasunkanmi Olawale and Adeleke Damilola.