EFCC quizzes students, operators of suspected Edo Yahoo School, ‘Hustle Kingdom’
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At the time of arrest, the Yahoo School has full trappings of a conventional computer school with desktop computers, work stations and other computer accessories.
By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said it has commenced investigation of 30 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in a Yahoo training School (a.k.a Hustle Kingdom, HK) in Benin City, Edo State.
Dele Oyewale, spokesperson for the anti-graft agency said this in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the statement, the suspects were arrested by officers of 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army at their hideout in Benin City
They were subsequently handed over to operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC on Monday April 28, 2025 for further investigation.
“At the time of arrest, the Yahoo School has full trappings of a conventional computer school with desktop computers, work stations and other computer accessories.
“There was also a compartment stocked with various fetish items,” the anti-graft agency said in the statement.
It listed the items recovered from the suspects to include a Toyota Corolla car, phones, laptops and Mpeg Audio-layer 3, MP3.
“The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed,” the statement concluded.
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