EFCC confirms sting operation at Lekki property, says 19 suspected fraudsters had been arrested

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed studies of finishing up a sting operation at Applewood Estate, Orchid Road, Lekki, Lagos State, on Monday, October 26.

On Monday, movies of residents of the property protesting after the operatives carried out its operations surfaced on-line.

In an announcement launched this night, the fee confirmed its operatives carried out the sting operation to apprehend suspected cybercrime fraudsters acquiring cash from unsuspecting victims by present playing cards, crypto currencies and worldwide cash transfers by impersonating a number of people.

‘’The operation, carried out by 5am, yielded the arrest of twenty-one(21) suspected cybercrime fraudsters and 5 unique automobiles. The fraudsters had been apprehended professionally owing to diligent pre-arrest surveillance and reconnaissance of the actions of the fraudsters. A younger girl that stood in the way in which of the operation by making phone calls to alert the fraudsters was held and her telephone confiscated till the conclusion of the operation. The telephone was later launched to her.”

The company stated preliminary investigations of the arrested suspects indicted nineteen(19) of them whereas the remaining two have been launched.

It added that each one the indicted suspects might be arraigned in courtroom instantly.

The company stated the sting operation at Applewood Estate was professionally carried out, with no document of harassment, intimidation or illegal arrest of anybody. It added that it’s open to constructive engagement by well-meaning Nigerians however blackmailers and alarmists is not going to be allowed to sabotage its mandate.