The Commission made the disclosure in a statement on its website on Monday.
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Oniya, 24, who claimed to be a photographer was arrested in Ilaro, Ogun State on the strength of verified intelligence by the EFCC.
The anti-graft agency stated this in a statement titled, ‘EFCC Arrests Instagram Comedian for Alleged Internet Fraud in Lagos’.
This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Austin was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Office.
They were arrested at 1004 Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos on February 4, 2021.
The operation was carried out on Tuesday.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charged Opeyemi Folarin and Ajibola Ogunseye with impersonation.
They were arrested at their Academy in Bwari axis of Abuja, where they were said to be learning the trade of cyber trickery.
Delivering judgment, Justice Patricia Ajoku held that she convicted and sentenced Tunde-Akinsola based on the evidence before her as well as the plea bargain agreement he entered into with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The presiding judge, Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar, made the order following Juwon’s arraignment by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before the court on a three count charge bordering on cheating, contrary to section 324 of the Penal Code Law of Kwara state.
This followed the suspect’s switch from “guilty” to “not guilty” plea on Tuesday.
The warning was contained in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs of the NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, on Thursday.
Th arrest was contained in a statement signed by its Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Tuesday.
In a ruling, Justice SherifatSolebo also ordered that Adewale must provide two sureties with reliable means of income, which would be verified by the court.
The five suspects were apprehended in different areas of Lagos during a raid by EFCC operatives.
Leo Musa, Acting Director of the Nursing Department, Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCTA , stated this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kaduna Zonal Office had docked Moses on a charge of internet fraud.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office on Thursday arrested 48 suspected internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested one Oladimeji Olusegun Ogunfolaju, owner of Lakers Hotel and Lake County Entertainment in Lagos, and 79 others for alleged involvement in internet fraud.