A suspected internet fraudster, Fakuade Ayodeji, has been apprehended by the Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
This was made known by the command spokesperson, Tolulope Afolabi, who told journalists in a statement that the suspect was arrested in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
According to the spokesman, Ayodeji purchased an iphone XR at a phone shop near Osekita in Ado Ekiti with a fake alert of one hundred and sixty thousand Naira to the shop owner through a non-existing account.
It was said that the shop owner contacted the suspect after several days of expecting the alert to no avail, but was blocked by the suspected fraudster.
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The Counter Terrorism Unit of the Command went ahead and tracked the suspect and later arrested him in Akure, Ondo State.
Other suspects arrested by the command are Micheal Samuel 39 years, Bamidele Atowoju 25 years, Pelumi Ojo 23 years, Temitope Oke 32 years, and Makinde Oluwaropo 26 years.
The suspects arrested along Afao road were caught selling and using substances suspected to be Colorado and ice.
In another development, the Counter Terrorism Unit of the Command has issued a notice of warning to all landlords and landowners around Oyabam Hotel Federal Poly Road Ado Ekiti to desist from harbouring cult groups.
The Unit said it received an intelligence concerning the activities of cult groups in the area stealing and raping young girls.