EFCC Busts ‘Yahoo Academy’ in Makurdi, Arrests 14 Trainees in Internet Fraud

Fourteen suspects reportedly undergoing training as potential internet fraudsters have been apprehended in a three-bedroom apartment purportedly functioning as their training center along Achusa Road, Makurdi, Benue State.

Laptops, ATM cards, phones, one Firman Generator and a Toyota Corolla car were recovered from the internet fraud trainees who were arrested by the operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, acting on intelligences

The suspects are: Asongu Terungwa, Aese Sonter,Nyoosu Terungwa,John Kator, Udi Micheal Aodona, Terungu Mnyam, Iorwuese Terhide, Ule Francis, Imoter Gloor Emmanuel and Samuel Lubem.

Others include Wergba Tertamge, Erukaa Ephraim, Agenale Franklin and Abechi Toryila.

The suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded, Dele Oyewale, Head, Media & Publicity of EFCC said in a statement.