EFCC Raids A/Ibom Varsity Hostels, Arrests 19 Students - Latest News
Crimes Commission busted a syndicate of organized cyber criminals and arrested no fewer than 19 undergraduate suspects.
This followed the raiding of the Akwa Ibom State University , Ikot Akpaden in Mkpat-Enin Local Government Area, at the weekend. LEADERSHIP gathered the suspects were rounded up at their private hostels including Obong Abasi Lodge and Mfon Obong Lodge, following intelligence and several months of painstaking surveillance.
Disclosing the breakthrough, the anti-graft agency on behalf of the Chairman, Abulrasheed Bawa, explained “their arrest followed several months of surveillance on their suspected involvement in romance scam, fraudulent crypto currency transactions and impersonation.” According to the Command, Items recovered from them include, several laptops and mobile phones, and vowed that “they will be charged to court as soon as Investigations are concluded.”
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