Two Kwara Lecturers in EFCC Custody for Cyber Crime

September 14, 2020
Kwara Lecturers EFCC

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Two lecturers in Kwara State have been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for their alleged involvement in cybercrime.

The suspects, Abdulahi Opashola and Adebisi Ademola, are employees of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, Kwara State.

They were picked up by operatives of the EFCC alongside 28 other persons at different locations within Kwara State, following intelligence gathered over their alleged involvement in the offence.

A statement from the anti-graft agency on Monday said items recovered from them include: cars, phones, laptops among others.

Also, the EFCC said it was making frantic efforts to arrest a herbalist who is also linked with the alleged offence.

The agency listed names of the 28 other suspects arrested as Kingsley Essien, Tobiloba Adenuga, Tope Ayodele, Rasheed Mujib, Oladipo Opeyemi, Saadu Muktar, Oladejo Hammed, Hammed Tope, Ameachi Umenyi, Salauden Adam and Afolabi Gafar.

Others are: Oladimeji Timi, Remilekun Adeolu, Audu John, David Momodu, Abdulkareem Samad, Adebiyi Sodiq, Dawodu Olusoji, Yusuf Amoo, Kehinde Olarenwaju, Philip Mike, Ademola Adebukola and Adeniyi Olamilekan.

The rest are Adeyemi Adedeji, Ajayi Teslem, Olawale Oladayo, Olasunkanmi Olawale and Adeleke Damilola.

Modupe Gbadeyanka

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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