8 arrested over internet scam

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has arrested two
undergraduate internet stammers and six
other fraudsters at the upscale 1004
Housing Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos .
One of the undergraduates, Hope
Olusegun, a 25 year-old indigene of
Okene, Kogi State , claims to be a student
of Computer Science at the Kuala
Lumpur Metropolitan University,
Malaysia.
He was arrested by operatives of EFCC
over allegations of fraud and internet
scam.
A petition by a concerned group alerted
the Commission about the activities of
Olusegun and his co-travelers at the elite
1004 Housing Estate where the fraudsters
engaged in fraudulent activities of
obtaining money by false pretences and
forgery.
A search conducted by EFCC operatives at
Olusegun’ s apartment led to the recovery
of several items such as laptops, iPad
phones, travelling documents, cheque
books, flash drives, internet modem, and
three exotic cars – a Mercedes Benz Jeep,
One 4Matic Mercedes Benz Car and a
Range Rover Sport SUV.
When asked how he came about the cars,
Olusegun said the cars belonged to his
sister who he claimed lives in the United
Kingdom .
Operatives of the EFCC also downloaded
over 80 implicating documents from the
laptops recovered from Olusegun.
However, the Commission is making
efforts to track down other members of
Olusegun’s syndicate who are currently
at large.
Tunde Wasiu Sodiq, another
undergraduate and member of another
syndicate with close affinity to
Olusegun’s gang was also nabbed by
operatives of the EFCC at the Housing
Estate.
Besides Sodiq, six other members of the
syndicate were equally arrested.
They are: Badmus Akeem O, Ajijola
Oluwatosin Emmanuel, Adebesin
Olalekan, Raji Resaq O, Ajibola Adeniyi
and Adeboye Lamidi.
Their arrest was sequel to a petition on
their notorious activities at the Housing
Estate.
Sodiq (23) hails from Lagos and claimed
to be an undergraduate of Brandry
University , Malaysia .
The leader of the syndicate, Badmus
Akeem, hails from Ayetoro, Ogun State
and attended Oniwaya High School ,
Agege.
He claimed to be a traveler who does odd
jobs wherever he travels.
“I decided to move to Malaysia to further
my education while I do “Hot jobs” as
well. I just got back a week ago before
the festive period and also produce
music and manage artistes,” he claimed.
On why he chose to live at the expensive
1004 estate where he and his friends pay
N30, 000 daily, he said it was to avoid the
stress that friends and relations could
bring to him.
“I didn’t stay on the Mainland in Lagos
because of stress of friends when you
just get back from abroad.”
Sodiq said that the Range Rover Sport car
which was recovered from them
belonged to his mother despite the fact
that the car bears his alias, “T.Wizzle” .
He stated in his statement that the
mother decided to customize the car plate
number after the name of his first son.
Other items recovered by the
Commission include laptops, flash
drives, internet modem, cheque books
and a host of others.
They are to be arraigned in court soon.