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  • 16 suspected Internet fraudsters arrested in Lagos by EFCC

     

    The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 16 suspects in the Lekki area of the state for alleged Internet fraud.

    Some of the suspects are Habeeb Adebayo, Marcus Wisdom, Caleb Ezekiel, Akinduro Henry, Osarobo Osasere, and Oyelami Olatunji.

     

    Others are Pelumi Glory, Ehibor Joseph, Emmanuel Timileyin, Jefta Akpan, Okirhie Rukewe, Oxford Robbinson, Onyeka Odika, Uzoma Gideon, Adebayo Oluwatobi, and Isreal Ugochukwu.

    A statement on Monday by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed that the suspects were rounded up on January 21 at the Ziroc Residence Hotel, Lekki, by operatives who had been tracking their activities.

     

    “Upon interrogation, they all confessed to engaging in different forms of computer-related fraud, including romance and love scam.

     

    “A further analysis of their mobile devices and computers also confirmed their involvement in Internet fraud,” the statement added.

     

    The EFCC said the suspects would soon be arraigned in court, adding that investigations had been concluded.

     

    In a related development, Justice F. O. Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Monday ordered the remand of one Inibehe Eden over a forex deal worth N6.2m.

     

    According to the EFCC, Eden collected the sum from one Inime Umanah in July 2017, under the pretext of helping him to invest in forex.

     

    The complainant was said to have agreed to the deal with a profit-sharing formula of 80 to 20 per cent for investor and trader, respectively.

     

    Umanah, according to the arrangement, was also to get 30 per cent of the invested capital monthly through the suspect’s trading system, Eden System-FX.

     

    However, the complainant never got the promised interest and efforts to get back the invested sum proved abortive.

     

    Eden was arraigned on one count of obtaining by false pretences.

    He pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    Following his plea, the prosecuting counsel, Nwandu Ukoha, asked the court to remand the defendant in a correctional facility.

     

    Justice Riman adjourned the matter until January 28, 2021, for the hearing of the bail application and ordered that the defendant be rema nded in the custody of the EFCC.

     

     

     

    Source: www.punchng.com

  • Lagos State University Deputy Vice Chancellor kidnapped in Nasarawa

     

    The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Lagos State, Prof. Johnson Fatokun, has been kidnapped.

    Anchor University is a faith-based institution in Ayobo, Lagos, owned by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry.

     

    PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim left Lagos on Sunday to drop off his two children, who were schooling in the North.

     

    He was said to be returning on Monday when his vehicle was attacked by the gunmen in Nasarawa en route to the airport to return to Lagos.

     

    A source said the assailants were in police uniform.

     

    The source said, “The professor had dropped his son at the Deeper Life High School in the morning. He also went to drop the daughter at a federal university in Jos.

     

    “He was returning from Jos to Keffi, Nasarawa State, late in the evening when they encountered the gunmen on the road. The driver, however, manoeuvred his way and sped through them. The gunmen started chasing the vehicle and shooting.

     

    “There was another set of kidnappers right in front of them. They succeeded in stopping the vehicle. They beat up the driver, who managed to escape. The professor begged them for mercy, because those people were angry. That was how they whisked him away.”

     

    Our correspondent learnt that the kidnappers had been speaking with some leaders of the victim’s church in Nasarawa.

    It was gathered that the gunmen demanded N20m as ransom.

     

    “They are talking to his colleagues and some leaders in the church. The negotiation is ongoing. We hope he will be released soon and unhurt,” the source added.

    An official of the school, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the development.

    He, however, said prayers were being offered for the safe release of the professor.

     

    Fatokun is a professor of Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis, and was the pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, before joining the services of Anchor University in 2017.

     

     

    Source: www.punchng.com

  • Lagos shuts down Airport bridge at Toyota on Oshodi-Isolo expressway over a recent tanker explosion

     

    The Lagos State Government has shut down Airport Bridge at Toyota on the Oshodi-Isolo Expressway over a recent tanker fire that affected the bridge.

     

    The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, in a statement he personally signed on Sunday, said the closure of the bridge to vehicular movement was to enable the government to conduct structural engineering tests on the bridge.

     

    He noted that alternative routes had been created for motorists pending the outcome of the tests and the reopening of the bridge to traffic.

     

    According to Oladeinde, motorists from Mile 2 to Cele on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway will make use of Aiye and Osolo Way to Asa Afariogun through 7&8 to access International Airport Road.

     

    The commissioner explained that motorists from Toyota would use the service lanes by Armed Forces Resettlement Centre to BOC Gases on old NAFDAC Headquarters.

     

     

    “In the light of this development, the state traffic management officials shall be deployed to the aforementioned corridors to control and manage traffic flow along the axis during the course of the diversions.

     

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    “The Lagos State Government is assuring the motoring public that the Airport Bridge shall be opened for use as soon as the tests or requisite intervention makes it safe and secure to do  so,” he added.

     

    Source : www.punchng.com