The Ogun State Police Command have arrested four suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys for allegedly kidnapping their colleague over the sharing of proceeds made from fraud.
The suspects, which include two males and two of their female colleagues were arrested by operatives of the Command on Monday.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspects as Mr Agbe Simeon, Miss Messiah Nicky, Mr Oladapo Dolapo and Miss Yetunde Shonola.
Furthermore, the spokesperson told newsmen that the suspects were apprehended at Orile Imo village in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, following information received by the police at Owode Egba division.
According to the police, the suspects kidnapped their colleague, one Haruna Usman, since December 22 and kept him hostage somewhere in Orile Imo.
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The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Owode Egba Divisio, CSP Popoola Olasunkanmi, was said to have immediately deployed men to the area to arrest the suspects. While four were nabbed, NIGERIACRIME gathered that two others escaped.
Preliminary investigation, Oyeyemi said, “revealed that the victim and the suspects were all members of an internet fraudster syndicate.”
It was learnt that they had recently swindled an unknown person to the tune of N26.4 million, “but the victim only gave the sum of N2,200 to his other colleagues, claiming that the money has not been paid completely by their client.”
According to Oyeyemi, this act infuriated his colleagues, who lured him to a herbalist at Orile Imo and held him hostage there since a week ago.
They had threatened to kill him there should he refuse to give them their complete share of the fraud proceed.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the Anti-kidnapping unit of the State CIID for further investigation and possible prosecution.