BY VICTORIA IKEANO
Nasarawa State Police command has nabbed a six-man gang involved in internet fraud a.k.a yahoo yahoo. During a police raid on their four-bedroom rented apartment that served as their operational base in the GRA area of Keffi in Keffi local government area of Nasarawa state, 22 laptops were recovered.The outgoing State Commissioner of Police, Assistant Inspector of Police (AIG) in a release by the command’s public relations officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ramhan Nansel, gave names of the arrested suspects as, Vincent Damisa, Monday Desmond, Donald Godwin, Henry Chukwuemaka, Emmanuel Ibiala and Dakuruk Abel. They are aged between 18 years and 23 years .The release read, “Sequel to the sustained effort and unwavering commitment of the Nasarawa State Police Command towards actualising a crime free state, on 6/8/2021 at about 1130hrs, based on credible and duly processed intelligence, Police personnel attached to Keffi Area Command raided the hide out of suspected internet fraudsters where the following persons were arrested namely:
Vincent Damisa ‘M’, 23yrs of Auchi, Edo State; Monday Desmond ‘M’ 18 yrs of Edo State; Donald Godwin ‘M’ 20yrs, of Benin city, Edo State; Henry Chukwuemeka ‘M’ 18yrs of Isiala Mbano, Imo State; Emmanuel Ibiala ‘M’, 27yrs of Bekwarra, Cross river State; Dakuruk Abel ‘M’ 28yrs of Mangu Halle, Plateau State.“The suspects rented a four bedroom apartment at G.R.A, Keffi where they engaged in cyber crime/internet fraud (Yahoo-Yahoo); consequently, a search warrant was executed in the house which led to the recovery of the following exhibits: Twenty two (22) Laptops, Computer mouse, Laptop chargers and extension boxes”“The Commissioner of Police, AIG Bola Longe psc (+) has commended the officers and urged them to sustain the tempo and rid the State of all criminals”