Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes  Commission have arrested 14 youths suspected of internet fraud at a “Yahoo Academy” in Makurdi. 

According to a statement shared via the anti-graft agency’s X account, acting on intelligence, operatives from the Makurdi Zonal Command raided a three-bedroom apartment along Achusa Road, Benue State, believed to be a training centre for internet fraud trainees. 

The suspects are: Asongu Terungwa, Aese Sonter, Nyoosu Terungwa, John Kator, Udi  Aodona, Terungu Mnyam, Iorwuese Terhide, Ule Francis, Imoter Gloor Emmanuel and Samuel Lubem.

Others include Wergba Tertamge, Erukaa Ephraim, Agenale Franklin and Abechi Toryila. 

Items recovered include laptops, ATM cards, phones, one Firman generator and a Toyota Corolla car.

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