EFCC TO ARRAIGN 23 SUSPECTED INTERNET FRAUDSTERS ARRESTED NEAR OBASANJO LIBRARY
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday, August 15, 2025, arraign 23 suspected internet fraudsters before Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The defendants are among 93 suspects arrested during a pool party at a hotel within the precincts of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
In a statement by EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, the suspects face charges bordering on impersonation, identity theft, and internet fraud. The arraignments will be conducted in batches.
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According to the commission, the party was initially scheduled to hold at two other venues but was relocated to the OOPL hotel in an attempt to evade arrest. EFCC said the organisers had received information about its intelligence operations and believed the new venue would shield them from enforcement.
“The former president’s facility was not a target of EFCC’s operations. The suspects were the targets and have confessed to their involvement in internet crimes,” the statement clarified.
The agency added that the arraignment of the remaining suspects will follow in due course.
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