Operatives of the EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office have arrested ten persons over their alleged offences bordering on internet fraud and other fraud related Offences.
According to a statement from the commission, “the Suspects were arrested on Monday, October 21, 2019 in Basin Area of Ilorin following intelligence reports over their involvement in internet fraud and other fraud related Offences.
“The suspects are, Paul Chibuzor, David Daniels, Tolu Ogundowole, Tosin Ogundowole, Agwu Goodness, Olayiwola Azeez, Olamide Ijisesan, Chilaka Dickson, Abdullahi Abubakar and Temitope Bambo”.
In another development, the EFCC on Thursday re-arraigned a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Maurice Iwu, for an alleged fraud of N1.23bn.
Iwu was re-arraigned on four counts before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos.
He had earlier been arraigned in August before Justice Chuka Obiozor of the same court.
His re-arraignment on Thursday followed the transfer of the case from Justice Obiozor to Justice Oweibo.
According to the EFCC, Iwu, between December 2014 and March 27, 2015, aided the concealment of N1.23bn in the account of Bioresources Institute of Nigeria Limited with number 1018603119, domiciled in the United Bank for Africa.