OFFICERS from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) , yesterday, detained 14 people suspected of internet fraud at a “Yahoo Academy” in Makurdi.
According to a statement on the agency’s X account, the Makurdi Zonal Command operatives, acting on intelligence, searched a three-bedroom flat on Achusa Road in Benue State, which was thought to be a training facility for online fraud trainees.
The suspects include: Asongu Terungwa, Aese Sonter, Nyoosu Terungwa, John Kator, Udi Aodona, Terungu Mnyam, Iorwuese Terhide, Ule Francis, Imoter Gloor Emmanuel, and Samuel Lubem.
Others are Wergba Tertamge, Erukaa Ephraim, Agenale Franklin, and Abechi Toryila.
Laptops, ATM cards, phones, one Firman generator, and a Toyota Corolla were among the items recovered.
