Operatives from the Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three Dubaibased suspected internet fraudsters and 14 others in Lagos.
They were arrested on January 26 and 27 at different locations following series of intelligence detailing their alleged involvement in internet fraud and other related offences in Nigeria and abroad.
The Dubai-based suspects who were arrested at Victory Nest Estate, Jakande, Lekki, Lagos are; Samuel Oluwasegun Olayinka, Afeez Fajumobi and Olamide Olamilekan Olaofe, while their accomplices caught with them were Amao Oluwatobi, Amao Joshua, Adeyemo Olatunde, Solomon Emelike, Lawrence Nwodu and Philip Olamilekan.
Others suspects who arrested at 41c, Muritala Eletu Osapa London, Lekki area of Lagos included Ogbenusi Ibrahim, Kelechi Collins Ndubuka, Sadiq Adewale, John Okafor Eze, Adewale Lateef, Hassan Mohammed, Tunde Lawal and Hussaini Adebayo.
They will be arraigned in court as soon as investigations are concluded, a statement released by the EFCC said.
