EFCC arrests three siblings  for suspected internet fraud , five in forex speculators 

Stanley Ihedigbo

Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arrested three brothers for suspected internet fraud and  Uyo Zonal Command  arrested five suspected forex speculators at the Ama-Hausa mosque, along Hospital Road, Aba in Abia State

The three brothers were arrested along New Garage, Wadata in Makurdi.

According to the Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, Mr. Dele Oyewale, the suspects,  Abubakar Sadiq Adejoh, Mohammed Habib Adejoh and Solomon Adejoh allegedly specialise in diverting customers’ funds from their accounts to a  Point of Sale, POS,  terminal for withdrawal.

 Items recovered from them include a car, six mobile phones, one laptop and cash totaling N3,562,750.00.

They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

In Uyo command, the arrested suspects are,  Hassan Umaru; Haruna Umar, Badamasi Abdullahi , Auwal Muhammed  and   Kasimu Muhammed.

The suspects were in possession of different currencies in varied sums at the point of arrest.

The recovered currencies are: 23,000 Won (Korean currency), 52 (Yuan Chinese currency),  $6, 500 Nippon Ginko, 40 notes of Dalawampung piso( Philippines

Currency) 20 Gambian Dalasis, 20 Swaziland currency and N382,000.

Other recovered items  from them are,  seven mobile phones, one power bank, one air pod, and one ATM card.

They were arrested by operatives of the Command, following weeks of

surveillance and credible intelligence.

The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.