
The Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos State has arrested four serving members of the National Youth Service Corps and eight students of the Gateway Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State for alleged internet fraud.
It was gathered that the suspects between ages 18 and 28, were arrested on January 15, 2025 at Saapade, area of the state.
This was disclosed in a statement by PSFU’s Spokesperson, Johnson Eyitayo on Sunday.
Mr. Johnson said that some student union leaders, visited Commissioner of Police in charge of the unit on the 16th of January , 2025 for a dialogue in respect of the arrest.
The statement partly reads:
“The visit of the Student Union leaders was to dialogue with the unit following the arrest of 14 persons, ages 18-28 years, at Saapade, Ogun State, on January 15, 2025.
“The arrested suspects, who were suspected members of an internet fraud syndicate operating within Lagos and Ogun States, comprised eight students of Gateway Polytechnic, Ogun State; four NYSC Corps members; and two other persons of unknown status who claimed to be an artist and a cobbler, respectively.
“The Commissioner of Police also advised the student union executives to educate their members to desist from cybercrime, which is tarnishing the country’s image and making it difficult for Nigeria to exit the Financial Action Task Force grey list.
“He enumerated the following as implications of Nigeria’s status on the FATF grey list: reduced foreign investment, increased cost of transactions, difficulties in transacting with other countries, increased regulatory scrutiny, loss of revenue for the government, undermining of financial markets, reduced cross-border transactions, and loss of correspondent banking relationships, among others.”
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