Four suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys have been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for abducting their colleague over sharing of proceeds of fraud business.
In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects, Agbe Simeon ‘m’, Messiah Nicky ‘f’, Oladapo Dolapo ‘m’ and Yetunde Shonola ‘f’ were arrested at Orile Imo village in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, following information received by the police at Owode Egba Divisional Headquarters, that one Haruna Usman, who had been abducted since Thursday, 22nd of December 2022, was being held hostage somewhere in Orile Imo.
Mr Oyeyemi said upon the information, the DPO Owode Egba Division, CSP Popoola Olasunkanmi, quickly mobilized his men and stormed the area, where four of the abductors were apprehended while two others escaped.
According to him, preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and the suspects belonged to an internet fraudster syndicate and that they recently swindled somebody whose identity was not yet known of the sum of twenty-six million, four hundred and thirty-seven thousand, nine hundred and fifty naira (#26,437,950), but the victim only gave the sum of #2,200 to his other colleagues, claiming that the money had not been paid completely by their client.
He explained that this infuriated his colleagues who then lured him to a herbalist home at Orile Imo and held him, hostage, there since Thursday, 22nd of December 2022, with the threat to kill him there if he refused to give them their complete share.
The police spokesperson said information got to the police who moved in, rescued the victim and apprehended four of the abductors, while others escaped.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, cp Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to anti-kidnapping unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and possible prosecution.
Omolara Adasofunjo
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