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EFCC to Arraign 4 Suspected ‘Yahoo Boys’

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By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Four suspected internet fraudsters otherwise known as ‘Yahoo Boys’ will soon be arraigned in court by the Benin Zonal office of the EFCC.

The suspects, Shiko Romeo, Bobby Edigiu, Henry Nisike and Emmanuel Ayo were arrested recently by men of the Nigeria police force on suspicion of being involved in internet fraud.

Upon handing the suspects over to the EFCC Benin Zonal Office, operatives of the Commission embarked on painstaking investigations including forensic analysis of their laptops were incriminating documents were retrieved and printed.

The suspects later allegedly confessed to their involvement in internet fraud using fake identification on Facebook in their attempt to hoodwinked unsuspecting persons especially European and American women. For instance, Shiko Romeo, who claims to be a student of National Open University, NOUN, confessed that he scammed the duo of Kitty Zamaripas and Susan various sums of money with a promise of love relationship using the name John Culfer who lives in New Jersey, USA.

Modupe Gbadeyanka is a fast-rising journalist with Business Post Nigeria. Her passion for journalism is amazing. She is willing to learn more with a view to becoming one of the best pen-pushers in Nigeria. Her role models are the duo of CNN's Richard Quest and Christiane Amanpour.

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