A surprise dawn raid on two houses in the Lekki area of
Lagos on Moday, yielded the arrest of seven suspects, all
undergraduates studyying 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, 200-level student of Computer Science, University
of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State; Kome Emmanuel, 200-level
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 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