The Lagos state police command bursted a ‘yahoo School’ in Ijebu, Lagos, rescued 5 trainees and arrested prime suspects.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson of the command who disclosed the incident said a 12-year old trainee identified as Minachi Udochukwu was rescued with 5 others.
“During the successful operations, the police detectives arrested four Yahoo experts who were running the notorious school, namely Chibuike Ihejika, 23; Stanley Ihejika, 22; Obiora Oyediba, 26; and Emmanuel Oyedibe, 25.
“The other six suspects are their criminal trainees, all of whom were undergoing training in cybercrime and fraud: Okorie Henry, Otoh Chisom, 20; Okeke Kwufrochikwu, 26; Uchenna Obeji, 26; Minachi Udochukwu, 12; and Chinedu Ukachukwu, 23.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the principal suspects of the facility recruited their trainees from Anambra State, engaged them to commit internet fraud and other related crimes.
“The proceeds from their fraudulent activities were being confiscated by the principal suspects,” the statement read.
Furthermore, Hundeyin disclosed that the 12-year old trainee had healing injuries all over his body which were inflicted on him by the trainers.
While he urged the owner of the ‘school’ to turn himself in and face the law, the command advised parents to pay more attention to the whereabouts of their children.
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