WorldStage Newsonline– The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has disclosed it would take the 23 suspects of financial fraud arrested at Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) in Abeokuta, Ogun State to country on Friday.
The 23 suspected internet fraudsters are part of the 93 arrested at a hotel within the precincts of the library.
Head Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr. Dele Oyewale, made this known in a statement on Thursday, adding that the suspects will be arraigned before Justice D. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Mr. Oyewale explained that upon profiling, almost all the suspects arrested have been indicted for alleged offences bordering on impersonation, identity and internet fraud.
The commission stated that the arraignment of the suspects, scheduled in batches, is coming on the heels of their arrest at a pool party where they were celebrating their exploits.
The statement added that the party was initially planned to hold in two locations but was shifted to the hotel in Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) ostensibly to escape possible arrest by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Commission’s spokesperson said the planners got wind of the commission’s intelligence and scampered to the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), expecting a sort of covering from arrest.
He explained that the former President’s facility was not a target of the commission’s operations, emphasizing that the suspects were the target and have confessed their involvement in internet crimes, adding that the arraignment of the remaining suspects is expected to follow shortly.
