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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday arrested nine suspected internet fraudsters.
The suspects who are between the ages of 21 and 30 were apprehended at different locations around Airport Road, Alakia, Ibadan.
The suspected fraudsters were arrested at their hideout in the early hours of Wednesday by operatives of the commission following series of complaints from neighbours and victims of their alleged fraudulent activities,
The suspects include Abdulmumini Fatai, Hazzan Azeez Junior, Adeleke Oluwaseyi, Atolagbe Dami Timileyin and Emmanuel Oluwaseun.
Others are Kehinde Ridwan, Alarape Sodiq, Ahmed Mufutau and Quadri Opeyemi.
The EFCC team recovered valuable items including laptops, different brands and models of mobile phones and several fraudulent documents suspected to be used to defraud unsuspecting people.
EFCC investigators in the zone are already interrogating the suspects and also scrutinising the recovered items and documents.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed.